Function vs. Service — What's the Difference?

An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing

The action of helping or doing work for someone

A relation or expression involving one or more variables

A system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water

A thing dependent on another factor or factors

A ceremony of religious worship according to a prescribed form

A large or formal social event or ceremony

A periodic routine inspection and maintenance of a vehicle or other machine

Work or operate in a proper or particular way

A set of matching crockery used for serving a particular meal

A person's role or occupation

(in tennis and other racket sports) the action or right of serving to begin play.

(Biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part

The formal delivery of a document such as a writ or summons.

(Computers) A procedure within an application.

Perform routine maintenance or repair work on (a vehicle or machine)

An official ceremony or a formal social occasion

(of a male animal) mate with (a female animal)

Something closely related to another thing and dependent on it for its existence, value, or significance

Work that is done for others as an occupation or business

A variable so related to another that for each value assumed by one there is a value determined for the other.

The performance of work or duties for a superior or as a servant

A rule of correspondence between two sets such that there is exactly one element in the second set assigned to each element in the first set. Also called mapping.

An act or a variety of work done for others, especially for pay

To have or perform a function; serve

Assistance; help

To deal with or overcome the challenges of everyday life

An act of assistance or benefit; a favor

What something does or is used for.

The serving of food or the manner in which it is served

A professional or official position.

A set of dishes or utensils

An official or social occasion.

Employment in duties or work for another, as for a government

Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.

A government branch or department and its employees

A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.

A department or branch of a hospital staff that provides specified patient care

(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain. Category:en:Functions

The armed forces of a nation

(computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.

A branch of the armed forces of a nation.

(biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.

The installation, maintenance, or repairs provided or guaranteed by a dealer or manufacturer

(chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.

The provision to the public of something, especially a utility

(anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.

The system or equipment used to provide something to the public

(intransitive) To have a function.

The right of serving in many court games.

(intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.

A serve

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; performance.

A religious rite or formal ceremony

The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body.

Copulation with a female animal. Used of male animals, especially studs.

The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind.

(Law) The serving of a legal process, such as a summons or court order.

The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.

The material, such as cord, used in binding or wrapping rope.

A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x2, 3x, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x.

An answering service.

A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly impressive and elaborate.

To make fit for use; adjust, repair, or maintain

A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, esp. one somewhat formal.

To provide services to

To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.

To make interest payments on (a debt).

A mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set

To copulate with (a female animal). Used of a male animal, especially studs.

What something is used for;

(Slang) To have sex with.

The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;

Of or relating to the armed forces of a country.

A relation such that one thing is dependent on another;

Intended for use in supplying or serving

A formal or official social gathering or ceremony;

Offering repairs or maintenance

A vaguely specified social event;

Offering services to the public in response to need or demand

A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

An act of being of assistance to someone.

Perform as expected when applied;

(economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

Serve a purpose, role, or function;

A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.

Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function;

(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

The military.

A set of dishes or utensils.

(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

A religious rite or ritual.

(legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

A musical composition for use in churches.

(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

Access to resources such as hotel rooms and web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.

Service tree.

The sorb; the fruit of this tree.

(transitive) To serve.

(transitive) To perform maintenance.

To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.

To inseminate through sexual intercourse.

To perform a sexual act upon.

To attack.

A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.

The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpŒna or an attachment.

The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

The act of serving the ball.

Work done by one person or group that benefits another;

A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

The act of public worship following prescribed rules;

An act of help or assistance;

Employment in or work for another;

A force that is a branch of the armed forces

The performance of duties by a waiter or servant;

Periodic maintenance on a car or machine;

Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;

The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone;

Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

A means of serving;

The act of mating by male animals;

(law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

Be used by; as of a utility;

Make fit for use;

Mate with;