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Location vs. Vocation

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Locationnoun

A particular point or place in physical space.

Vocationnoun

An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.

Locationnoun

An act of locating.

Vocationnoun

An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.

Locationnoun

(South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.

Vocationnoun

A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

‘What can be urged for them who not having the vocation of poverty to scribble, out of mere wantonness make themselves ridiculous?’;

Locationnoun

(legal) A leasing on rent.

Vocationnoun

Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

‘He would think his service greatly rewarded, if he might obtain by that means to live in the sight of his prince, and yet practice his own chosen vocation.’;

Locationnoun

A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.

Vocationnoun

A calling by the will of God.

Locationnoun

The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.

Vocationnoun

The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the gospel.

Locationnoun

The act or process of locating.

Vocationnoun

A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.

‘Every member of the same [the Church], in his vocation and ministry.’;

Locationnoun

Situation; place; locality.

Vocationnoun

the particular occupation for which you are trained

Locationnoun

That which is located; a tract of land designated in place.

Vocationnoun

a body of people doing the same kind of work

Locationnoun

A leasing on rent.

Vocationnoun

a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation

‘not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors’;

Locationnoun

a point or extent in space

Vocationnoun

a person's employment or main occupation, especially regarded as worthy and requiring dedication

‘her vocation as a poet’;

Locationnoun

the act of putting something in a certain place or location

Vocationnoun

a trade or profession

‘GNVQs in Leisure and Tourism will be the introduction to a wide span of vocations’;

Locationnoun

a determination of the location of something;

‘he got a good fix on the target’;

Vocation

A vocation (from Latin vocatio 'a call, summons') is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained, or qualified. People can be given information about a new occupation through student orientation.

Locationnoun

a particular place or position

‘the property is set in a convenient location’;

Locationnoun

an actual place or natural setting in which a film or broadcast is made, as distinct from a simulation in a studio

‘the movie was filmed entirely on location’;

Locationnoun

the action of locating someone or something

‘the location of new housing beyond the existing built-up areas’;

Locationnoun

a position or address in computer memory.

Locationnoun

an area where black South Africans were obliged by apartheid laws to live, usually on the outskirts of a town or city. The term was later replaced by township.

Location

In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth’s surface or elsewhere. The term location generally implies a higher degree of certainty than place, the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry.

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