Alignment vs. Arrangement — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alignment and Arrangement
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Alignment
Arrangement or position in a straight line or in parallel lines.
Arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure.
Alignment
The process of adjusting parts so that they are in proper relative position
A set of gears needs periodic alignment.
Arrangement
The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged
The arrangement of the furniture in the room
Alignment
The condition of having parts so adjusted
Binocular lenses that are out of alignment will yield a double image.
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Arrangement
A plan or preparation for a future event
All the arrangements for the wedding were made
Alignment
A ground plan
Blueprints for the building included an alignment and a profile.
Arrangement
A musical composition arranged for performance with instruments or voices differing from those originally specified
Mozart's symphonies in arrangements for cello and piano
Alignment
The act of aligning or the condition of being aligned.
Arrangement
A settlement of a dispute or claim.
Alignment
An arrangement or alliance of groups
A new alignment of factions in the party.
Arrangement
The act or process of arranging
The arrangement of a time and place for the meeting.
Alignment
An arrangement or positioning of players
A defensive alignment.
Arrangement
The condition, manner, or result of being arranged; disposal
Provided flowers and saw to their arrangement.
Alignment
The grouping or positioning of teams, as in a conference or league.
Arrangement
A collection of things that have been arranged
The circular arrangement of megaliths called Stonehenge.
Alignment
An arrangement of items in a line.
Arrangement
Often arrangements A provision or plan made in preparation for an undertaking
Made arrangements for surgery.
Alignment
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
Arrangement
An agreement or settlement; a disposition
Our dog will be looked after by arrangement with a neighbor.
Alignment
An alliance of factions.
Arrangement
An adaptation of a composition for other instruments or voices or for another style of performance.
Alignment
(AI) The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
The alignment problem
The alignment tax
Arrangement
A composition so arranged.
Alignment
(RPG) One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
An alignment chart
Arrangement
The act of arranging.
Alignment
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
Arrangement
The manner of being arranged.
Alignment
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
Arrangement
A collection of things that have been arranged.
Alignment
(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
Arrangement
A particular way in which items are organized.
Alignment
The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.
Arrangement
(in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.
Alignment
The ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
Arrangement
An agreement.
Alignment
An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Arrangement
(music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
Alignment
The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
Arrangement
The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
Alignment
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
Arrangement
The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnæan arrangement of plants.
Alignment
The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
Arrangement
Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.
Arrangement
Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.
Arrangement
The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
Arrangement
The thing arranged or agreed to;
They made arrangements to meet in Chicago
Arrangement
An orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging;
A flower arrangement
Arrangement
An organized structure for arranging or classifying;
He changed the arrangement of the topics
The facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
He tried to understand their system of classification
Arrangement
The spatial property of the way in which something is placed;
The arrangement of the furniture
The placement of the chairs
Arrangement
A piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
Arrangement
The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
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