Closure vs Relief - What's the difference?
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An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
(computer science) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
(mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
(topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
The act of shutting; a closing.
That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
* Shakespeare
A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
The removal of stress or discomfort.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,
The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=20 The person who takes over a shift for another.
Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
(legal) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
A lowering of a tax through special provisions; short for tax relief.
A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation in light or color.
The difference of elevations on a surface.
As nouns the difference between closure and relief
is that closure is an event or occurrence that signifies an ending while relief is embossment (especially that on a map).closure
English
Noun
(en noun)- the closure of a door, or of a chink
- Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
- O thou bloody prison / Within the guilty closure of thy walls / Richard the Second here was hacked to death.
Hyponyms
* (device) clasp, hasp, latch, hook and eyeTroponyms
* (computer science) thunkSee also
* clotureAnagrams
*relief
English
(wikipedia relief)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also relieve.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Tony's face expressed relief , and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,
Synonyms
* (removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss, respite * (feeling of removal of stress and discomfort) ease, alleviation, liss * (person who takes over a shift) stand-in, substitute, backup, fill-inDerived terms
* relieve * relief agency * relief pitcher * relief map * relief workerEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the relief on that part of the Earth's surface