Proxy vs Approximate - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between proxy and approximate

is that proxy is used as a proxy or acting as a proxy while approximate is approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

As verbs the difference between proxy and approximate

is that proxy is to serve as a proxy for while approximate is to carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

As a noun proxy

is an agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

proxy

English

(wikipedia proxy)

Etymology 1

Contraction of (etyl) procuracie'', from ''procuratia'', from (etyl) ''procuratio .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.

a proxy indicator

a proxy measurement

Noun

(proxies)

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

* Blackstone

Every peer may make another lord of parliament his proxy , to vote for him in his absence.

The authority to act for another, especially when written.

* Burke

I have no man's proxy : I speak only for myself.

The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.

(Burrill)

(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

* deputy * substitute * representative * See also

Derived terms

* proxy abuse * proxy battle * proxy bullying * proxy card * proxy fight * proxy marriage * proxy murder * proxy pattern * proxy server * proxy voting * proxy war * caching proxy * complexity-hiding proxy * copy-on-write proxy * dynamic proxy * firewall proxy * forward proxy * protection proxy * remote proxy * reverse proxy * smart-reference proxy * surrogate proxy * synchronisation proxy * virtual proxy

Verb

To serve as a proxy for.

* 1983 , Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform , page 143

In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.

(networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2

prox'imity + ' -y

Noun

(proxies)

(gaming, slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.

* 2001 , "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/7974]

(Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy ..!)

* 2001 , "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/8052]

the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.

* 2002 , "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198854/9449]

Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.

* 2006 , "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/924556/43994]

You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies .

Synonyms

* proxy mine English words suffixed with -y ----

approximate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

Approximate results or values.

To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

Antonyms

* exact, precise

Derived terms

() * approximately * approximation * approximative

Verb

(approximat)

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke.

To come near to; to approach.

The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.

To estimate.

Quotations

When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax