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Notion vs Notation - What's the difference?

notion | notation |

As nouns the difference between notion and notation

is that notion is mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept while notation is the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

notion

English

(wikipedia notion) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
  • * (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)
    • What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.
  • * (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)
    • Few agree in their notions about these words.
  • * (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
    • That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.
  • * (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)
    • Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.
  • A sentiment; an opinion.
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
    • The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
  • * (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)
    • A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke
  • (label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.
  • (label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
  • Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.
  • (label) Inclination; intention; disposition.

    • See also

    * concept * conception * meaning

    External links

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    notation

    English

    (wikipedia notation)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  • (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
  • (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
    • She made a notation in the margin of the book.

    Derived terms

    * Hungarian notation * Polish notation

    Related terms

    * note * notate

    Anagrams

    * tonation ----