Focus vs. Priority — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Focus and Priority
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Focus
The centre of interest or activity
This generation has made the environment a focus of attention
Priority
Precedence, especially established by order of importance or urgency.
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
Priority
An established right to precedence.
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.
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Priority
An authoritative rating that establishes such precedence.
Focus
An element of a sentence that is given prominence by intonational or other means.
Priority
A preceding or coming earlier in time.
Focus
Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly
Try to focus on a stationary object
Priority
Something afforded or deserving prior attention.
Focus
Pay particular attention to
The study will focus on a number of areas in Wales
Priority
An item's relative importance.
He set his e-mail message's priority to high.
Focus
Place the focus on (an element of a sentence).
Priority
A goal of a person or an organisation.
She needs to get her priorities straight and stop playing games.
Focus
The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.
Priority
The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
In bankruptcy law, a business' debt to its employees has priority over its debt to a landlord, so the employees must be paid first.
Focus
The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image
In focus.
Out of focus.
Priority
A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
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.
Priority
(obsolete) Precedence; superior rank.
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.
Priority
(transport) right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users
Focus
See focal length.
Priority
The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
Focus
A center of interest or activity
"Precisely how diet affects E. coli in livestock is the focus of current research" (Cindy Engel).
Priority
Precedence; superior rank.
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).
Priority
Status established in order of importance or urgency;
...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
National independence takes priority over class struggle
Focus
A condition in which something can be clearly apprehended or perceived
Couldn't get the problem into focus.
Priority
Preceding in time
Focus
(Medicine) The region of a localized bodily infection or disease.
Focus
(Geology) The point of origin of an earthquake.
Focus
(Mathematics) A fixed point whose relationship with a directrix determines a conic section.
Focus
To cause (light rays, for example) to converge on or toward a central point; concentrate.
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.
Focus
To adjust (a lens, for example) to produce a clear image.
Focus
To direct toward a particular point or purpose
Focused all their attention on finding a solution to the problem.
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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