Approval vs. Resolution

Approvalnoun

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

‘I need to get an approval on this purchase order.’;

Resolutionnoun

A strong will, determination.

Approvalnoun

An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

‘Words of approval never seem to come from him.’;

Resolutionnoun

The state of being resolute.

‘His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.’;

Approvalnoun

Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.

Resolutionnoun

A statement of intent, a vow

‘By February, most New Year's resolutions are forgotten.’; ‘My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.’;

Approvalnoun

Approbation; sanction.

‘A censor . . . without whose approval n capital sentences are to be executed.’;

Resolutionnoun

The act of discerning detail.

Approvalnoun

the formal act of giving approval;

‘he gave the project his blessing’; ‘his decision merited the approval of any sensible person’;

Resolutionnoun

(computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

‘Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.’;

Approvalnoun

a feeling of liking something or someone good;

‘although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval’;

Resolutionnoun

(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

‘This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.’;

Approvalnoun

acceptance as satisfactory;

‘he bought it on approval’;

Resolutionnoun

(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.

‘name resolution’;

Approvalnoun

a message expressing a favorable opinion;

‘words of approval seldom passed his lips’;

Resolutionnoun

(math) The act or process of solving; solution.

‘the resolution of an equation’;

Resolutionnoun

A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

‘The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.’;

Resolutionnoun

(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

Resolutionnoun

(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.

Resolutionnoun

(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.

Resolutionnoun

(literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.

Resolutionnoun

(medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

Resolutionnoun

The act, operation, or process of resolving.

‘The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action.’;

Resolutionnoun

The state of being relaxed; relaxation.

Resolutionnoun

The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.

‘Be it with resolution then to fight.’;

Resolutionnoun

That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.

Resolutionnoun

The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.

‘Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania.’;

Resolutionnoun

The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.

Resolutionnoun

A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

Resolutionnoun

The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.

Resolutionnoun

The act of distinguishing between two close but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement, bbetween two close values of the property measured.

Resolutionnoun

a measure of the ability to distinguish between two close but not identical values of the property being measured; it is expressed as the difference in values of a property necessary to make such a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a degree. Also called resolving power.

Resolutionnoun

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Resolutionnoun

the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

Resolutionnoun

the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose;

‘his resoluteness carried him through the battle’; ‘it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work’;

Resolutionnoun

finding a solution to a problem

Resolutionnoun

something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;

‘the finally reached a settlement with the union’; ‘they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences’; ‘he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure’;

Resolutionnoun

analysis into clear-cut components

Resolutionnoun

(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

Resolutionnoun

the subsidence of swelling or others signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)

Resolutionnoun

(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord

Resolutionnoun

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

‘they were trying to find a peaceful solution’; ‘the answers were in the back of the book’; ‘he computed the result to four decimal places’;

Resolutionnoun

a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner;

‘he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions’;

Resolutionnoun

a firm decision to do or not to do something

‘she kept her resolution not to see Anne any more’; ‘a New Year's resolution’;

Resolutionnoun

a formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body or other formal meeting, typically after taking a vote

‘the conference passed two resolutions’;

Resolutionnoun

the quality of being determined or resolute

‘he handled the last British actions of the war with resolution’;

Resolutionnoun

the action of solving a problem or contentious matter

‘a successful resolution to the problem’; ‘the peaceful resolution of all disputes’;

Resolutionnoun

the passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony

‘tension is released by the resolution from the dominant to the tonic chord’;

Resolutionnoun

the disappearance of a symptom or condition

‘complete remission was defined as resolution of clinical evidence of disease’;

Resolutionnoun

the process of reducing or separating something into constituent parts or components.

Resolutionnoun

the replacing of a single force or other vector quantity by two or more jointly equivalent to it.

Resolutionnoun

the smallest interval measurable by a telescope or other scientific instrument; the resolving power.

Resolutionnoun

the degree of detail visible in a photographic or television image

‘a high-resolution monitor’;

Resolutionnoun

the conversion of something abstract into another form

‘the gradual resolution of an uncertain feeling into a named emotion’;

Resolutionnoun

the substitution of two short syllables for one long one.