Routine vs System - What's the difference?
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A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
A set piece of an entertainer's act.
(label) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
According to established procedure.
Regular; habitual.
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# (label) A set of equations involving the same , which are to be solved simultaneously.
# (medicine) The body organs that contribute to a vegetative function.
# (label) A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
A method or way of organizing or planning.
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# (derogatory) In the system : the mainstream culture, elites, or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
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As nouns the difference between routine and system
is that routine is a course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure while system is a collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.As an adjective routine
is according to established procedure.routine
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(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke, passage=Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.}}
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(wikipedia system)Noun
(en noun)- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
