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What is the difference between resource and economics?

resource | economics |

As nouns the difference between resource and economics

is that resource is something that one uses to achieve an objective, eg raw materials or personnel while economics is (social sciences) the study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

As a verb resource

is to supply with s.

resource

English

(wikipedia resource)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,
  • A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
  • * , chapter=17
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}

    Derived terms

    * resourceful * human resources * natural resource * renewable resource * subresource

    Related terms

    * source

    See also

    * means

    References

    * *

    Verb

    (resourc)
  • To supply with s.
  • * {{quote-book, 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education citation
    • , passage=All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.}}

    Anagrams

    * recourse ----

    economics

    English

    (wikipedia economics)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.
  • * {{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.}}

    Synonyms

    * dismal science * See also

    Derived terms

    * -nomics

    Related terms

    * economy