Object vs Determination - What's the difference?

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Object is a related term of determination.

As nouns the difference between object and determination

is that object is a thing that has physical existence while determination is determination.

As a verb object

is to disagree with something or someone; especially in a court of law, to raise an objection.

object

English

Noun

(en noun)

A thing that has physical existence.

The goal, end or purpose of something.

* 2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures

The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline.

(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.

A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.

Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.

The convertible, once object''' of his desire, was now the '''object of his hatred.

(computing) In object-oriented programming, an instantiation of a class or structure.

(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.

* Chapman

He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object .

(Shakespeare)

Synonyms

* (thing) article, item, thing * (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed) target * See also

Derived terms

* art object * celestial object * deep-sky object * depicted object * direct object * exponential object * first-class object * foreign object * found object * function object * God object * Herbig-Haro object * immutable object * indirect object * initial object * Kuiper belt object/KBO * mental object * Messier object * mock object * mutable object * natural object * null object * object ball * object blindness * object code * object complement * object glass * object language * object lens * object lesson * object orientation * object pronoun * object space * object-control * objecthood * objectify * objectionable * objective * object-oriented * physical object * prepositional object * retained object * second-class object * sex object * superluminal object * terminal object * third-class object * unidentified flying object/UFO

Verb

(en verb)

To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.

I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.

(obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.

* Spenser

He gave to him to object his heinous crime.

* Addison

Others object the poverty of the nation.

* Whitgift

The book giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered.

(obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

* Fairfax

Of less account some knight thereto object , / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove.

* Hooker

some strong impediment or other objecting itself

* Alexander Pope

Pallas to their eyes / The mist objected , and condensed the skies.

Derived terms

* objection

Statistics

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determination

English

(wikipedia determination)

Noun

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

(countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

(countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.

The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.

Derived terms

* cellular determination