Structural vs Hierarchical - What's the difference?
structural | hierarchical |
A component used in construction.
* 1982 , United States International Trade Commission, Certain carbon steel products from Spain (page A-49)
Pertaining to a hierarchy.
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order.
Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.
As adjectives the difference between structural and hierarchical
is that structural is of, relating to, or having structure while hierarchical is pertaining to a hierarchy.As a noun structural
is a component used in construction.structural
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Derived terms
* structurally * nonstructuralNoun
(en noun)- Freight differentials often increased the spread in favor of the imported structurals . Purchasers repeatedly emphasized that their purchases of imported structurals were split among a number of sources, including Spain, France, West Germany,
hierarchical
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Alternative forms
* *Adjective
(-)- It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art.'' - ''source?