Application vs. Industry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Application and Industry
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Definitions
Application➦
The act of applying.
Industry➦
Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
New investment incentives for British industry
Application➦
Something applied, such as a cosmetic or curative agent.
Industry➦
Hard work
The kitchen became a hive of industry
Application➦
The act of putting something to a special use or purpose
An application of a new method.
Industry➦
The sector of an economy made up of manufacturing enterprises
Government regulation of industry.
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Application➦
A specific use to which something is put
The application of science to industry.
Industry➦
A sector of an economy
The advertising industry.
Application➦
The capacity of being usable; relevance
Geometry has practical application in aviation and navigation.
Industry➦
Energetic devotion to a task or an endeavor; diligence
Demonstrated great intelligence and industry as a prosecutor.
Application➦
Close attention; diligence
Shows application to her work.
Industry➦
Ongoing work or study associated with a specified subject or figure
The Civil War industry.
The Hemingway industry.
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Application➦
A request, as for assistance, employment, or admission to a school.
Industry➦
A collection of artifacts or tools made from a specified material
A Mesolithic bone industry.
Application➦
The form or document on which such a request is made.
Industry➦
A standardized tradition of toolmaking associated with a specified tool or culture
A stone hand-axe industry.
The Acheulian industry.
Application➦
(Computers) A computer program designed for a specific task or use.
Industry➦
(Obsolete) Cleverness or skill.
Application➦
Of or being a computer program designed for a specific task or use
Applications software for a missile guidance system.
Industry➦
(uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.
Over the years, their industry and business sense made them wealthy.
Application➦
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
Industry➦
Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
The software and tourism industries continue to grow, while the steel industry remains troubled.
The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.
Application➦
The substance applied.
Industry➦
Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
Application➦
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
Industry➦
The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
There used to be a lot of industry around here, but now the economy depends on tourism.
Application➦
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
Industry➦
Automated production of material goods.
Application➦
(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
Industry➦
(archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.
Application➦
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
Industry➦
Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; - opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago.
Application➦
A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
Industry➦
Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
Application➦
The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
Industry➦
Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
Application➦
Diligence; close thought or attention.
Industry➦
The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise;
Each industry has its own trade publications
Application➦
A kind of needlework; appliqué.
Industry➦
The organized action of making of goods and services for sale;
American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
Application➦
(obsolete) Compliance.
Industry➦
Persevering determination to perform a task;
His diligence won him quick promotions
Frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
Application➦
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
Application➦
The thing applied.
He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
Application➦
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
If a right course . . . be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
Application➦
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.
Application➦
That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable.
Application➦
The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.
Application➦
The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.
Had his application been equal to his talents, his progress might have been greater.
Application➦
The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.
Application➦
A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.
Application➦
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;
December 31 is the deadline for applications
Application➦
The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose;
He advocated the application of statistics to the problem
A novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis
Application➦
A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;
He has tried several different word processing applications
Application➦
The work of applying something;
The doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine
A complete bleach requires several applications
The surface was ready for a coating of paint
Application➦
Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;
A lotion for dry skin
Application➦
A diligent effort;
It is a job requiring serious application
