Resource vs Store - What's the difference?
resource | store |
Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
* , chapter=17
, title= To supply with s.
* {{quote-book, 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education
, 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.}}
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
A supply held in storage.
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(label) A place where items may be purchased.
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store , an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
Memory.
A large amount of information retained in one's memory.
A great quantity or number.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (computing) Write (something) into memory or registers.
(intransitive) To remain in good condition while stored.
As verbs the difference between resource and store
is that resource is to supply with s while store is .As a noun resource
is something that one uses to achieve an objective, eg raw materials or personnel.resource
English
(wikipedia resource)Noun
(en noun)Michael Sivak
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,
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 * subresourceSee also
* meansReferences
* *Verb
(resourc)citation
Anagrams
* recourse ----store
English
Noun
(en noun)- By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
- With store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and give the prize.
Synonyms
* (supply held in storage) stock, supply * (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop (UK); see also * (in computing) memoryDerived terms
* company store * drugstore * general store * variety store * give away the store * in store * mind the store * put store in * set store by * storage * storebought * storefront * storehouse * storekeeper * storeroomVerb
(stor)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
