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Output vs Slew - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between output and slew

is that output is (economics) production; quantity produced, created, or completed while slew is (us) a large amount or slew can be the act, or process of slaying.

As verbs the difference between output and slew

is that output is (economics) to produce, create, or complete while slew is (nautical) to rotate or turn something about its axis or slew can be (slay).

output

English

(wikipedia output)

Noun

  • (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • (computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer.
  • Verb

  • (economics) to produce, create, or complete.
  • We output 1400 units last year.
  • (computing) to send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer.
  • When I hit enter, it outputs a bunch of numbers.

    slew

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (noun only)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A large amount.
  • She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.
    See also
    * onslaught

    Etymology 2

    In all senses, a mostly British spelling of slue.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act, or process of slaying.
  • A device used for slaying.
  • A change of position.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
  • To veer a vehicle.
  • To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
  • To pivot.
  • To skid.
  • (rail transport) to move something (usually a railway line) sideways
  • The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling
  • (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
  • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slay)
  • See also

    * slain

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