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Symbols vs Notation - What's the difference?

symbols | notation |

As nouns the difference between symbols and notation

is that symbols is while notation is (uncountable) the act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

symbols

English

Noun

(head)
  • English autological terms ----

    notation

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
  • (uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
  • (countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
  • She made a notation in the margin of the book.

    Derived terms

    * Hungarian notation * Polish notation

    Anagrams

    * tonation ----