Method vs. Operation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Method and Operation
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Method
A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something
A simple method for making a pie crust.
Mediation as a method of solving disputes. See Usage Note at methodology.
Operation
The act or process of operating or functioning.
Method
Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end
Random efforts that lack method.
Operation
The state of being operative or functional
A factory in operation.
Method
The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge
This field course gives an overview of archaeological method.
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Operation
A process or series of acts involved in a particular form of work
The operation of building a house.
Method
Method A technique of acting in which the actor recalls emotions and reactions from past experience and uses them in identifying with and individualizing the character being portrayed.
Operation
An instance or method of efficient, productive activity
That restaurant is quite an operation.
Method
A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).
If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
Operation
An unethical or illegal business
A fencing operation for stolen goods.
Method
A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.
Operation
(Medicine) A surgical procedure for remedying an injury, ailment, defect, or dysfunction.
Method
(object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
Operation
(Mathematics) A process or action, such as addition, substitution, transposition, or differentiation, performed in a specified sequence and in accordance with specific rules.
Method
(slang) Marijuana.
Operation
A logical operation.
Method
(dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.
Operation
(Computers) An action resulting from a single instruction.
Method
Ellipsis of method air.
Operation
A military or naval action, campaign, or mission.
Method
(transitive) To apply a method to.
Operation
Operations The headquarters or center from which a military action, flights into and out of an airfield, or other activities are controlled.
Method
To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold).
The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.
Operation
Operations The division of an organization that carries out the major planning and operating functions.
Method
An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
Operation
The method by which a device performs its function.
It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
Method
Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
All method is a rational progress, a progress toward an end.
Operation
The method or practice by which actions are done.
Method
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method.
Operation
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
Method
A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to identify with the individual personality of the specific character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic rendering of the character's role. Also called the Method, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or Stanislavsky System.
Operation
A planned undertaking.
The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
Method
A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
Operation
A business or organization.
We run our operation from a storefront.
They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
Operation
(medicine) A surgical procedure.
She had an operation to remove her appendix.
Operation
A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands);
a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
The number of operands associated with an operation is called its arity; an operation of arity 2 is called a binary operation.
Operation
(military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
Operation
(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
Operation
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach.
Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection.
Operation
The method of working; mode of action.
Operation
That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
Operation
Effect produced; influence.
The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar.
Operation
Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
Operation
Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
Operation
A business especially one run on a large scale;
A large-scale farming operation
A multinational operation
They paid taxes on every stage of the operation
They had to consolidate their operations
Operation
A planned activity involving many people performing various actions;
They organized a rescue operation
The biggest police operation in French history
Running a restaurant is quite an operation
Consolidate the companies various operations
Operation
A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
The operations in building a house
Certain machine tool operations
Operation
The state of being in effect or being operative;
That rule is no longer in operation
Operation
A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body;
They will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
He died while undergoing surgery
Operation
Activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);
It was a joint operation of the navy and air force
Operation
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction);
It can perform millions of operations per second
Operation
Process or manner of functioning or operating;
The power of its engine determine its operation
The plane's operation in high winds
They compared the cooking performance of each oven
The jet's performance conformed to high standards
Operation
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;
The problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
They were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
Operation
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
The process of thinking
The cognitive operation of remembering
Operation
The activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);
Her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
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