Organic vs Functional - What's the difference?
organic | functional | Antonyms |
(biology) pertaining to or derived from living organisms.
pertaining to an organ of the body of a living organism.
(chemistry) relating to the compounds of carbon, relating to natural products
of food or food products, grown in an environment free from artificial agrichemicals, and possibly certified by a regulatory body.
(sociology) describing a form of social solidarity theorized by Emile Durkheim that is characterized by voluntary engagements in complex interdepencies for mutual benefit (such as business agreements), rather than mechanical solidarity, which depends on ascribed relations between people (as in a family or tribe).
(military) Of a military unit or formation, or its elements, belonging to a permanent organization (in contrast to being temporarily attached).
* 1998 : Eyal Ben-Ari, Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Military Unit . Beghahn Books,
* 1945 : U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces . LSU Press (1990).
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
* Milton
(Internet, of search results) Generated according to the ranking algorithms of a search engine, as opposed to paid placement by advertisers.
* 2008 , Michael Masterson, MaryEllen Tribby, Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business
In good working order.
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture
(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
(medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.
(mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y''=''f''(''x'') whose argument ''x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
(mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued
(computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
Functional is a antonym of organic.
As adjectives the difference between organic and functional
is that organic is pertaining to or derived from living organisms while functional is in good working order.As nouns the difference between organic and functional
is that organic is an organic compound while functional is a function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y=f(x) whose argument x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.organic
English
(wikipedia organic)Alternative forms
* organick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)p 29.
- ''Socially, the term “organic ” unit implies a military force characterized by relatively high cohesion, overlapping primary groups and a certain sense of shared past.
p 161.
- Most types of German field divisions include an organic reconnaissance battalion, and the remainder have strong reconnaissance companies.
- those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously
- According to a recent survey by Jupiter Research, 80 percent of Web users get information from organic search results.
Coordinate terms
* (chemistry) inorganicDerived terms
* organic agriculture * organic chemistry * organic forestry * organic intellectual * organicnessSee also
* inorganicfunctional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional : it can be used as a hatrack.
- ''A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements
Synonyms
* functioning, working * utilitarianAntonyms
* non-functional * dysfunctional * organicDerived terms
(Derived terms) * function * functional analysis * functional analysis diagram * functional anatomy * functional application * functional bombing * functional constraint * functional decomposition * functional design * functional diagram * functional disorder * functional electrical stimulation * functional error recovery * functional failure * functional group * functional interleaving * functional programming * functional requirement * functional residual capacity * functional specifications * functional switching circuit * functional unit * functionality * functionallyNoun
(en noun)linear functionon a vector space