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Structure vs. Process — What's the Difference?

Structure vs. Process — What's the Difference?

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Structure

A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals.

Process

A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result
The process of digestion.
The process of obtaining a driver's license.

Structure

The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex
The two sentences have equivalent structures
The company's weakness is the inflexibility of its management structure

Process

A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product
A manufacturing process.
Leather dyed during the tanning process.

Structure

A building or other object constructed from several parts
The station is a magnificent structure and should not be demolished
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Process

Progress; passage
The process of time.
Events now in process.

Structure

Construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to
Services must be structured so as to avoid pitfalls

Process

The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress
The adversarial process.
Due process of law.

Structure

Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way
Hierarchical social structure.

Process

The set of actions and events that constitute a legal proceeding or a significant portion thereof
The trial process.
The sentencing process.

Structure

The way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole; makeup
Triangular in structure.

Process

(Law) A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.

Structure

The interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity
Political structure.
Plot structure.

Process

(Biology) An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part
A bony process.

Structure

Something constructed, such as a building.

Process

Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods.

Structure

The arrangement or formation of the tissues, organs, or other parts of an organism.

Process

A running software program or other computing operation.

Structure

An organ or other part of an organism.

Process

A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task.

Structure

To give form or arrangement to
Structure a curriculum.
Structure one's day.

Process

See conk3.

Structure

A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items.

Process

To put through the steps of a prescribed procedure
Processing newly arrived immigrants.
Process an order.

Structure

The underlying shape of a solid.
He studied the structure of her face.

Process

To prepare, treat, or convert by subjecting to a special process
Process ore to obtain minerals.

Structure

The overall form or organization of something.
The structure of a sentence.
The structure of the society was still a mystery.

Process

(Computers) To perform operations on (data).

Structure

A set of rules defining behaviour.
For some, the structure of school life was oppressive.

Process

To gain an understanding or acceptance of; come to terms with
Processed the traumatic event in therapy.

Structure

(computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
This structure contains both date and timezone information.

Process

To straighten (hair) by a chemical process; conk.

Structure

Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built.

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).

Structure

A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
The South African leader went off to consult with the structures.

Process

Prepared or converted by a special process
Process cheese.

Structure

(logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.

Process

Made by or used in any of several photomechanical or photoengraving processes
A process print.

Structure

(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.
I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late.
I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.

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.

Structure

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
His son builds on, and never is contentTill the last farthing is in structure spent.

Process

(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

Structure

Manner of building; form; make; construction.
Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe.

Process

A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

Structure

Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure.

Process

(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

Structure

Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.

Process

(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

Structure

That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic frame.

Process

(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

Structure

A thing constructed; a complex construction or entity;
The structure consisted of a series of arches
She wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons

Process

(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.

Structure

The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts;
Artists must study the structure of the human body
The structure of the benzene molecule

Process

(computing) An executable task or program.

Structure

The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations;
His lectures have no structure

Process

The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Structure

A particular complex anatomical structure;
He has good bone structure

Process

(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.

Structure

The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships;
The social organization of England and America is very different
Sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family

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.

Structure

Give a structure to;
I need to structure my days

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.

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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