What is the difference between support and bracket?

As nouns the difference between support and bracket

is that support is something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to while bracket is (item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf)A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

As verbs the difference between support and bracket

is that support is (to keep from falling) To keep from falling while bracket is to bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.

support

English

Noun

(en noun)

Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.

Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform.

Financial or other help.

The government provides support to the arts in several ways.

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Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

Sure they sell the product, but do they provide support ?

(mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.

* 2004 , Amara Graps, An Introduction to Wavelets''] — [http://www.amara.com/IEEEwave/IW_history.html ''Historical Perspective

The first mention of wavelets appeared in an appendix to the thesis of A. Haar (1909). One property of the Haar wavelet is that it has compact support, which means that it vanishes outside of a finite interval. Unfortunately, Haar wavelets are not continuously differentiable which somewhat limits their applications.

(fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).

If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.

Antonyms

* (mathematics) kernel

Derived terms

* moral support * combat support (military) * support group

Verb

(en verb)

(senseid)To keep from falling.

Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform.

To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

Sure they sell the product, but do they support it?

To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.

I support France in the World Cup

To help, particularly financially.

The government supports the arts in several ways.

To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.

The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges.

The evidence will not support the statements or allegations.

* J. Edwards

to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy

To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.

I don't make decisions: I just support those who do.

To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

I support the administrative activities of the executive branch of the organization

(archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

* Dryden

This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support .

* 1881 , :

For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting , and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language

To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

to support the character of King Lear

Antonyms

* oppose

Derived terms

* supportable * supported * supportive

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bracket

English

Noun

(en noun)

(senseid)A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.

Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<" and ">".

"(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.

(technical) "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms of which have their own technical names.

(sports) Printed diagram of games in a tournament.

(sports) Prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.

One of several ranges of numbers.

tax bracket''''', ''age '''bracket

(military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.

Synonyms

* parentheses, parens

Derived terms

* angle bracket * bracketology * bulge bracket * curly bracket * gas bracket * income bracket/income tax bracket/tax bracket * price bracket * round bracket * shelf bracket * square bracket

Hyponyms

* See also

Verb

(en verb)

To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.

I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.

To place in the same category.

Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds.

To mark distinctly for special treatment.

To set aside, discount, ignore.

* 2009 , Michael Erard, “ Holy Grammar, Inc.”, in Search Magazine , July–August 2009:

SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.

(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.

(philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.