Relation vs. Function — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Relation and Function
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Relation
A logical or natural association between two or more things; relevance of one to another; connection
The relation between smoking and heart disease.
Function
An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing
Bridges perform the function of providing access across water
Bodily functions
Relation
The connection of people by blood or marriage; kinship.
Function
A relation or expression involving one or more variables
The function (bx + c)
Relation
A person connected to another by blood or marriage; a relative.
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Function
A thing dependent on another factor or factors
Class shame is a function of social power
Relation
The way in which one person or thing is connected with another
The relation of parent to child.
Function
A large or formal social event or ceremony
He was obliged to attend party functions
Relation
The mutual dealings or connections of persons, groups, or nations in social, business, or diplomatic matters
International relations.
Function
Work or operate in a proper or particular way
Her liver is functioning normally
Relation
Sexual intercourse.
Function
A person's role or occupation
In my function as chief editor.
Relation
The act of telling or narrating.
Function
(Biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part
The heart's function is to pump blood.
Relation
A narrative; an account.
Function
(Computers) A procedure within an application.
Relation
(Mathematics) A correspondence between two sets, consisting of a set of ordered pairs, the first element of each of which is from the first set, and the second element of each of which is from the second set. If A = {1,2} and B = {3,4}, then {(1,3), (1,4)} is a relation from A to B.
Function
An official ceremony or a formal social occasion
Disliked attending receptions and other company functions.
Relation
(Law) The principle by which an action done on a certain date is treated as having been done on an earlier date. Also called relation back.
Function
Something closely related to another thing and dependent on it for its existence, value, or significance
Growth is a function of nutrition.
Relation
The manner in which two things may be associated.
The relation between diet and health is complex.
Function
A variable so related to another that for each value assumed by one there is a value determined for the other.
Relation
A member of one's extended family; a relative.
Yes, he's a relation of mine, but only a distant one.
Function
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.
Relation
The act of relating a story.
Your relation of the events is different from mine.
Function
To have or perform a function; serve
Functioned as ambassador.
Relation
(set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
Function
To deal with or overcome the challenges of everyday life
For weeks after his friend's funeral he simply could not function.
Relation
(set theory) Specifically, a set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
Equality is a symmetric relation, while divisibility is not.
Function
What something does or is used for.
Relation
(databases) A set of ordered tuples retrievable by a relational database; a table.
This relation uses the customer's social security number as a key.
Function
A professional or official position.
Relation
(mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
Function
An official or social occasion.
Relation
(category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
Function
Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
Relation
(usually collocated: sexual relation) The act of intercourse.
Function
A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
Relation
The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
Oet's relation doth well figure them.
Function
(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain. Category:en:Functions
Relation
The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.
Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation.
Function
(computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
Relation
Reference; respect; regard.
I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry.
Function
(biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
Relation
Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.
Relations dear, and all the charitiesOf father, son, and brother, first were known.
Function
(chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
Relation
A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
For me . . . my relation does not care a rush.
Function
(anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Relation
The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
Function
(intransitive) To have a function.
Relation
An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Function
(intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
Relation
The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Function
The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; performance.
Relation
A person related by blood or marriage;
Police are searching for relatives of the deceased
He has distant relations back in New Jersey
Function
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.
Relation
An act of narration;
He was the hero according to his own relation
His endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
Function
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.
As the mind opens, and its functions spread.
Relation
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time;
His attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed
Function
The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
Tradesmen . . . going about their functions.
The malady which made him incapable of performing hisregal functions.
Relation
(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups;
International relations
Function
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.
Function
A religious ceremony, esp. one particularly impressive and elaborate.
Every solemn function' performed with the requirements of the liturgy.
Function
A public or social ceremony or gathering; a festivity or entertainment, esp. one somewhat formal.
This function, which is our chief social event.
Function
To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
Function
A mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set
Function
What something is used for;
The function of an auger is to bore holes
Ballet is beautiful but what use is it?
Function
The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
The function of a teacher
The government must do its part
Play its role
Function
A relation such that one thing is dependent on another;
Height is a function of age
Price is a function of supply and demand
Function
A formal or official social gathering or ceremony;
It was a black-tie function
Function
A vaguely specified social event;
The party was quite an affair
An occasion arranged to honor the president
A seemingly endless round of social functions
Function
A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
Function
Perform as expected when applied;
The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
Does this old car still run well?
This old radio doesn't work anymore
Function
Serve a purpose, role, or function;
The tree stump serves as a table
The female students served as a control group
This table would serve very well
His freedom served him well
The table functions as a desk
Function
Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function;
His wife officiated as his private secretary
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