Regimen vs Option - What's the difference?
regimen | option |
Orderly government; system of order; administration.
Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
* 1832 , The Edinburgh Review (page 470)
(grammar) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.
One of the choices which can be made.
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The freedom or right to choose.
(finance)(legal) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
(graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option")
To purchase an option on something.
As nouns the difference between regimen and option
is that regimen is while option is option.regimen
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Seven or eight annual bloodings, and as many purgations — such was the common regimen the theory prescribed to ensure continuance of health
References
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(wikipedia option)Noun
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Synonyms
* alternative * choice * possibility * See alsoHyponyms
* (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset) American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrantDerived terms
* optionable * optional * stock optionVerb
(en verb)- The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.