Method vs. Operation

Methodnoun

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):

‘One method of exercising a cat consists of making it follow the spot generated by a laser pointer.’; ‘If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.’;

Operationnoun

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.’;

Methodnoun

A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Constantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.

Operationnoun

The method or practice by which actions are done.

Methodnoun

(object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.

Operationnoun

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

Methodnoun

(slang) Marijuana.

Operationnoun

A planned undertaking.

‘The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.’; ‘The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.’;

Methodnoun

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Operationnoun

A business or organization.

‘We run our operation from a storefront.’; ‘They run a multinational produce-supply operation.’;

Methodverb

to apply a method

Operationnoun

(medicine) A surgical procedure.

‘She had an operation to remove her appendix.’;

Methodverb

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.’;

Operationnoun

a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).

Methodnoun

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.

Operationnoun

(military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)

Methodnoun

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.’;

Operationnoun

(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

Methodnoun

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.

Operationnoun

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.’;

Methodnoun

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.

Operationnoun

The method of working; mode of action.

Methodnoun

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

Operationnoun

That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.

Operationnoun

Effect produced; influence.

‘The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar.’;

Operationnoun

Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.

Operationnoun

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.

Operationnoun

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’;

Operationnoun

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’;

Operationnoun

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’;

Operationnoun

the state of being in effect or being operative;

‘that rule is no longer in operation’;

Operationnoun

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’;

Operationnoun

activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);

‘it was a joint operation of the navy and air force’;

Operationnoun

(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’;

Operationnoun

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’;

Operationnoun

(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’;

Operationnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

‘the process of thinking’; ‘the cognitive operation of remembering’;

Operationnoun

the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);

‘her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride’;