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Reckoning vs Calculation - What's the difference?

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Calculation is a synonym of reckoning.



As nouns the difference between reckoning and calculation

is that reckoning is the action of calculating or estimating something while calculation is the act or process of calculating.

As a verb reckoning

is present participle of lang=en.

reckoning

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of calculating or estimating something.
  • :
  • *
  • *:When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
  • (lb) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
  • *1817 , (Walter Scott), :
  • *:So saying, he called for a reckoning for the wine, and throwing down the price of the additional bottle which he had himself introduced, rose as if to take leave of us.
  • An opinion or judgement.
  • The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
  • Derived terms

    * dead reckoning

    calculation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
  • (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
  • By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
  • (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
  • Synonyms

    * (act or process of calculating) calculating]], computation, [[compute, computing, reckoning (old ) * (Result of calculation) sum * (estimate) estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

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