Situation vs Dynamic - What's the difference?
situation | dynamic |
The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
* 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) :
The place in which something is situated; a location.
* 1833 , Thomas Hibbert and Robert Buist, The American Flower Garden Directory , page 142:
Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
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(UK, dated) A position of employment; a post.
* 1913 , , (Sons and Lovers) , Penguin 2006, page 78:
* 1946 , Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler, :
A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
Changing; active; in motion.
Powerful; energetic.
Able to change and adapt.
(music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
(computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
(music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
(music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
As nouns the difference between situation and dynamic
is that situation is the way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings while dynamic is a characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.As an adjective dynamic is
changing; active; in motion.situation
English
Alternative forms
* scituationNoun
(en noun)- ...he being naturally an underground animal by birth and breeding, the situation of Badger's house exactly suited him and made him feel at home; while the Rat, who slept every night in a bedroom the windows of which opened on a breezy river, naturally felt the atmosphere still and oppressive.
- [Hibíscus] speciòsus is the most splendid, and deserves a situation in every garden.
- When he was nineteen, he suddenly left the 'Co-op' office, and got a situation in Nottingham.
- You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
- And read the situations from the front to the back
- The only job that's open need a man with a knack
- So put it right back in the rack Jack.
- Boss, we've got a situation here...
Synonyms
* (combination of circumstances) condition, set upSee also
* situation comedy, sitcomReferences
* Source for the definitions: ** Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/situation] (accessed: March 10, 2007). * * *Anagrams
* ----dynamic
English
Alternative forms
* dynamick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The environment is dynamic , changing with the years and the seasons.
- dynamic economy
- He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.
- The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.
- dynamic allocation
- dynamic IP addresses
- the dynamic resizing of an array
Synonyms
* : active, fluid, moving * (powerful): energetic, powerfulAntonyms
* static * (computing) staticDerived terms
* dynamicity * dynamical * hydrodynamic * aerodynamicNoun
(en noun)- Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.
- The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.
- If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.
