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Object vs Product - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between object and product

is that object is a thing that has physical existence while product is a commodity offered for sale.

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

    See also

    * subject

    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

    product

    English

    Noun

  • A commodity offered for sale.
  • Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
  • Anything that is produced; a result.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • the product of those ill-mated marriages.
  • * (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
  • These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title=[http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21604535-real-sir-isaac-newton-was-not-first-king-reason-last Magician’s brain] , passage=The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.}}
  • # The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
  • # A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
  • # (label) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
  • # (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
  • # (label) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
  • # Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
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  • Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
  • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.

    Synonyms

    * (items for sale) merchandise, wares, goods * (amount created by a process) production, output, creation

    Derived terms

    * by-product * categorical product * end product * finished product * gross domestic product, gross national product * product placement * product recall

    See also

    * addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend ----