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Route vs Manner - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between route and manner

is that route is a course or way which is traveled or passed while manner is mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

As a verb route

is to direct or divert along a particular course.

route

English

(wikipedia route)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) route, rote (French: route) “road, way, path” (source: route on Etymonline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A course or way which is traveled or passed.
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  • * , volume=101, issue=2, page=83
  • , magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The Smallest Cell , passage=It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.}}
  • A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
  • A road or path; often specifically a highway.
  • (rfc-sense) (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
  • * 2010 , Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives , John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-68975-2, pages 156-7:
  • If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route'.

    Derived terms

    * escape route * paper route * scenic route

    Verb

  • To direct or divert along a particular course.
  • All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
  • (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet
  • To send (information) through a router
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  • Derived terms

    * reroute * router

    See also

    * (Internet) bridge * (Internet) LAN * (Internet) WAN

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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    manner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • The treacherous manner of his mournful death.
  • * , chapter=15
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
  • Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self; bearing; habitual style.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
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  • Customary method of acting; habit.
  • Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
  • Certain degree or measure.
  • Sort; kind; style.
  • Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from manner) * bad manners * bedside manner * good manners * manner of articulation * mannered * mannerism * mannerist * mannerless * mannerly * overmanner * table manners * to the manner born

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