Subset vs Subcategory - What's the difference?
subset | subcategory |
(set theory) With respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.
A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
(category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's
As nouns the difference between subset and subcategory
is that subset is with respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set while subcategory is with respect to a given category, a more narrow category.subset
English
Noun
(en noun)- The set of integers is a subset of the set of reals.
- The set {a, b} is a both a subset and a proper subset of {a, b, c} while the set {a, b, c} is a subset of {a, b, c} but not a proper subset of {a, b, c}.
- We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.
