System vs Currency - What's the difference?
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A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
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# (label) A set of equations involving the same , which are to be solved simultaneously.
# (medicine) The body organs that contribute to a vegetative function.
# (label) A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
A method or way of organizing or planning.
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# (derogatory) In the system : the mainstream culture, elites, or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
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Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
Paper money.
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The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
(obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance
(obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
As nouns the difference between system and currency
is that system is system while currency is money or other items used to facilitate transactions.system
English
(wikipedia system)Noun
(en noun)- As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Synonyms
* apparatus, arrangement, complex, composition, logistics, machinery, organization, set up, synthesis, structureDerived terms
* binary system * biological system * closed system * complex adaptive system * complex system * computer system * conceptual system * Copernican system * cultural system * dynamical system * economic system * ecosystem * expert system * formal system * global positioning system * information system * isolated system * legal system * metric system * multi-agent system * nervous system * open system * operating system * out of one's system * physical system * political system * Ptolemaic system * sensory system * social system * sociotechnical system theory * solar system * subsystem * system dynamics * systems art * systems biology * systems categories * systems ecology * systems engineering * systems of measurement * systems science * systems theorySee also
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English
(wikipedia currency)Noun
- Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
- Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
- The jargon’s currency .
- He takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency , and not after intrinsic value. — Francis Bacon.
- The bare name of Englishman too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.