Context vs. Aspect — What's the Difference?

The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.

A particular part or feature of something

The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.

The positioning of a building or other structure in a particular direction

The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.

A category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by a verb

(linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.

(of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body)

(archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.

A way in which something can be viewed by the mind

(mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

A characteristic or feature of something

(logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.

A particular look or facial expression; mien

(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

Appearance to the eye, especially from a specific vantage point

(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.

A position facing or commanding a given direction; exposure

Knit or woven together; close; firm.

A side or surface facing in a particular direction

The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.

The configuration of the stars, constellations, or planets in relation to one another.

To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

This configuration, thought by astrologers to influence human affairs.

Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

A property of verbs in which the action or state is related to the passage of time, especially in reference to completion, duration, or repetition.

The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event;

A set or category of verb forms indicating such a relation.

(Archaic) An act of looking or gazing.

Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

One's appearance or expression.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

Prospect; outlook.

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.

(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.

(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

(rail) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.

To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.

(Wicca) To channel a divine being.

(obsolete) To look at.

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.

Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.

Prospect; outlook.

The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.

The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.

A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.

To behold; to look at.

A distinct feature or element in a problem;

A characteristic to be considered

The visual percept of a region;

The beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

The expression on a person's face;