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Structured vs Modular - What's the difference?

structured | modular |

As adjectives the difference between structured and modular

is that structured is having structure; organized while modular is consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.

As a verb structured

is (structure).

structured

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having structure; organized

    • Derived terms

    * structured analysis * structured ASIC * structured cabling * structured content * structured criticality * structured data * structured design * structured finance * structured interviewing * structured packing * structured product * structured programming * Structured Query Language * structured sale * structured settlement * structured storage * structured text * structured wiring

    Verb

    (head)
  • (structure)
    • He structured the loan with a twenty-year term.

    modular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
  • (chiefly, mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.

    • Antonyms

    * (consisting of separate modules) monolithic

    Derived terms

    * (modular design)

    Related terms

    * modularize/modularise * module * modularized ----