Dedicate vs. Focus — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dedicate and Focus
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Dedicate
Devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose
Joan has dedicated her life to animals
Focus
The centre of interest or activity
This generation has made the environment a focus of attention
Dedicate
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
Focus
The state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition
His face is rather out of focus
The incident brought her feelings for Alexander sharply into focus
Dedicate
To set apart for a special use
Dedicated their money to scientific research.
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Focus
One of the fixed points from which the distances to any point of a given curve, such as an ellipse or parabola, are connected by a linear relation.
Dedicate
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
Dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.
Focus
An element of a sentence that is given prominence by intonational or other means.
Dedicate
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
Focus
Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly
Try to focus on a stationary object
Dedicate
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
Focus
Pay particular attention to
The study will focus on a number of areas in Wales
Dedicate
To show to the public for the first time
Dedicate a monument.
Focus
Place the focus on (an element of a sentence).
Dedicate
(transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
Focus
The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.
Dedicate
(transitive) To set apart for a special use
Dedicated their money to scientific research.
Focus
The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image
In focus.
Out of focus.
Dedicate
(transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
Dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.
Focus
An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear
A camera with automatic focus.
Dedicate
(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
Focus
A point at which rays of light or other radiation converge or from which they appear to diverge, as after refraction or reflection in an optical system
The focus of a lens. Also called focal point.
Dedicate
(transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
Focus
See focal length.
Dedicate
(transitive) To show to the public for the first time
Dedicate a monument.
Focus
A center of interest or activity
"Precisely how diet affects E. coli in livestock is the focus of current research" (Cindy Engel).
Dedicate
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Focus
Close or narrow attention; concentration
"He was forever taken aback by [New York's] pervasive atmosphere of purposefulness—the tight focus of its drivers, the brisk intensity of its pedestrians" (Anne Tyler).
Dedicate
One who dedicates themself, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.
Focus
A condition in which something can be clearly apprehended or perceived
Couldn't get the problem into focus.
Dedicate
Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Focus
(Medicine) The region of a localized bodily infection or disease.
Dedicate
To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.
Focus
(Geology) The point of origin of an earthquake.
Dedicate
To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself.
Focus
(Mathematics) A fixed point whose relationship with a directrix determines a conic section.
Dedicate
To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley.
Focus
To cause (light rays, for example) to converge on or toward a central point; concentrate.
Dedicate
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;
She committed herself to the work of God
Give one's talents to a good cause
Consecrate your life to the church
Focus
To render (an object or image) in clear outline or sharp detail by adjustment of one's vision or an optical device; bring into focus.
Dedicate
Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building;
The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes
Focus
To adjust (a lens, for example) to produce a clear image.
Dedicate
Inscribe or address by way of compliment;
She dedicated her book to her parents
Focus
To direct toward a particular point or purpose
Focused all their attention on finding a solution to the problem.
Dedicate
Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
Focus
To converge on or toward a central point of focus; be focused.
Focus
To adjust one's vision or an optical device so as to render a clear, distinct image.
Focus
To concentrate attention or energy
A campaign that focused on economic issues.
Focus
A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire.
Focus
A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
Focus
The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
Unfortunately, the license plate is out of focus in this image.
Focus
The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus.
Focus
(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job.
Focus
The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
The earthquake's focus was at exactly 37 degrees north, 18 degrees south, seventy five meters below the ground.
Focus
(GUI) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus.
Focus
(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
Focus
An object used in casting a magic spell.
Focus
To concentrate during a task.
I have to focus on my work.
Focus
(transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
The president focused her remarks to the newcomers.
Focus
(transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
Focus
(transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
Focus
(intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus.
Focus
To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
The text box won't receive the user's keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.
Focus
To aggregate figures of accounts.
Focus
A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
Focus
A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distance between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
Focus
A central point; a point of concentration.
Focus
To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.
Focus
The concentration of attention or energy on something;
The focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
He had no direction in his life
Focus
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system;
In focus
Out of focus
Focus
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea;
The controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion
Focus
A central point or locus of an infection in an organism;
The focus of infection
Focus
Special emphasis attached to something;
The stress was more on accuracy than on speed
Focus
A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
Focus
A fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
Focus
Direct one's attention on something;
Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Focus
Cause to converge on or toward a central point;
Focus the light on this image
Focus
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
Focus
Become focussed or come into focus;
The light focused
Focus
Put (an image) into focus;
Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie
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