Organ vs System - What's the difference?
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A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
(by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
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, title= An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
A species of cactus ().
(slang) The penis.
(obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
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A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
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# (label) A set of equations involving the same , which are to be solved simultaneously.
# (medicine) The body organs that contribute to a vegetative function.
# (label) A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
A method or way of organizing or planning.
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# (derogatory) In the system : the mainstream culture, elites, or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
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As nouns the difference between organ and system
is that organ is organ while system is system.organ
English
(wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ , the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
Hyponyms
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* barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organExternal links
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(en verb)- Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.
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English
(wikipedia system)Noun
(en noun)- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
