Process vs. Wise — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Process and Wise
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Process
A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result
The process of digestion.
The process of obtaining a driver's license.
Wise
Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious
A wise leader.
Process
A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product
A manufacturing process.
Leather dyed during the tanning process.
Wise
Exhibiting common sense; prudent
A wise decision.
Process
Progress; passage
The process of time.
Events now in process.
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Wise
Shrewd; crafty
Made a wise move selling the house when he did.
Process
The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress
The adversarial process.
Due process of law.
Wise
Provided with information; informed. Often used with to
I'm wise to your tricks. We were none the wiser after reading the report.
Process
The set of actions and events that constitute a legal proceeding or a significant portion thereof
The trial process.
The sentencing process.
Wise
(Slang) Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
Process
(Law) A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.
Wise
Method or manner of doing; way
In no wise.
In any wise.
Process
(Biology) An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part
A bony process.
Wise
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus
Process
Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods.
Wise
Disrespectful.
Don't get wise with me!
Process
A running software program or other computing operation.
Wise
(colloquial) Aware, informed.
Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
Process
A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task.
Wise
To become wise.
Process
See conk3.
Wise
Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
Mo wised him up about his situation.
After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Process
To put through the steps of a prescribed procedure
Processing newly arrived immigrants.
Process an order.
Wise
(dialectal) To instruct.
Process
To prepare, treat, or convert by subjecting to a special process
Process ore to obtain minerals.
Wise
(dialectal) To advise; induce.
Process
(Computers) To perform operations on (data).
Wise
(dialectal) To show the way, guide.
Process
To gain an understanding or acceptance of; come to terms with
Processed the traumatic event in therapy.
Wise
(dialectal) To direct the course of, pilot.
Process
To straighten (hair) by a chemical process; conk.
Wise
(dialectal) To cause to turn.
Process
To move along in a procession
"The man in the panama hat offered his arm and ... they processed into the dining room" (Anita Brookner).
Wise
(archaic) Way, manner, or method.
Process
Prepared or converted by a special process
Process cheese.
Wise
Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Process
Made by or used in any of several photomechanical or photoengraving processes
A process print.
Wise
Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks.
From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation.
Process
A series of events which produce a result (the product).
This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
Wise
Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone.Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford?
Process
(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
Wise
Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
Nor, on the other side,Will I be penuriously wiseAs to make money, that's my slave, my idol.
Lords do not care for me:I am too wise to die yet.
Process
A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
Wise
Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one;He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth.
You are too wise in years, too full of counsel,For my green experience.
Process
(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
Wise
Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
To love her in my beste wyse.
This song she sings in most commanding wise.
Let not these blessings then, sent from above,Abused be, or spilt in profane wise.
Process
(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
Wise
A way of doing or being;
In no wise
In this wise
Process
(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
Wise
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Process
(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
Wise
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Process
(computing) An executable task or program.
Wise
Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment;
A wise leader
A wise and perceptive comment
Process
The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
Wise
Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
Judicious use of one's money
A sensible manager
A wise decision
Process
(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
Wise
Evidencing the possession of inside information
Process
(transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
Wise
Able to take a broad view of negotiations between states
Process
To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
Wise
Carefully considered;
A considered opinion
Process
To develop photographic film.
Process
To take legal proceedings against.
Process
To walk in a procession
Process
The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Process
A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.
Tell her the process of Antonio's end.
Process
A statement of events; a narrative.
Process
Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
Process
The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; - a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.
Process
A particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
The procedure of obtaining a driver's license
It was a process of trial and error
Process
A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;
Events now in process
The process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Process
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
The process of thinking
The cognitive operation of remembering
Process
A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
Process
A mental process that you are not directly aware of;
The process of denial
Process
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;
A bony process
Process
Deal with in a routine way;
I'll handle that one
Process a loan
Process the applicants
Process
Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;
Process cheese
Process hair
Treat the water so it can be drunk
Treat the lawn with chemicals
Treat an oil spill
Process
Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;
The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech
Process
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
Process
Shape, form, or improve a material;
Work stone into tools
Process iron
Work the metal
Process
Deliver a warrant or summons to someone;
He was processed by the sheriff
Process
March in a procession;
They processed into the dining room
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