Approval vs. Resolution — What's the Difference?

The act or an instance of approving.

A firm decision to do or not to do something

An official approbation; a sanction.

The quality of being determined or resolute

Favorable regard; commendation.

The action of solving a problem or contentious matter

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

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

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

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

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

The conversion of something abstract into another form

Approbation; sanction.

The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination

The formal act of giving approval;

A firm decision to do something

A feeling of liking something or someone good;

A course of action determined or decided on

Acceptance as satisfactory;

The act of solving or explaining a problem or puzzle.

A message expressing a favorable opinion;

The resolving or concluding of a dispute or disagreement.

The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified.

A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the US Congress.

Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts

The clarity or fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, often measured as the number or the density of the discrete units, such as pixels or dots, that compose it.

(Medicine) The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or inflammation.

The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.

The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.

A strong will, determination.

The state of being resolute.

A statement of intent, a vow

The act of discerning detail.

(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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The act, operation, or process of resolving.

The state of being relaxed; relaxation.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose;

Finding a solution to a problem

Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;

Analysis into clear-cut components

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

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

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

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

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