What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Operation vs Headquarters - What's the difference?

operation | headquarters |

As nouns the difference between operation and headquarters

is that operation is the method by which a device performs its function while headquarters is the military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.

operation

English

(wikipedia operation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The method by which a device performs its function.
    • It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation .
  • The method or practice by which actions are done.
  • The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
  • * John Locke
    • The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach.
  • * Dryden
    • Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation , can never attain to perfection.
  • A planned undertaking.
    • The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
    The ''Katrina'' relief operation was considered botched.
  • A business or organization.
    • We run our operation from a storefront.
    They run a multinational produce-supply operation .
  • (medicine) a surgical procedure.
    • She had an operation to remove her appendix.
  • (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
  • (military) a military campaign (e.g. )
  • (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
  • * Fuller
    • The bards had great operation on the vulgar.

    Synonyms

    * (mathematics) * (mathematics)

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Related terms

    * * * * * * * *

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    headquarters

    English

    Noun

    (headquarters)
  • The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
  • The center of an organization's operations or administration.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.}}
  • A place of concentrated activity or influence.

    • Synonyms

    * HQ, * head office

    Related terms

    * (US ) headquarter