System vs. Villeinage — What's the Difference?
Difference Between System and Villeinage
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Definitions
System➦
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and expressed in its functioning.
Villeinage➦
The legal status or condition of a villein.
System➦
A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole
The state railway system
Fluid is pushed through a system of pipes or channels
Villeinage➦
The legal tenure by which a villein held land.
System➦
A set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method
The public-school system
A multiparty system of government
Villeinage➦
The state of being a villein.
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System➦
The prevailing political or social order, especially when regarded as oppressive and intransigent
Don't try bucking the system
Villeinage➦
A feudal system involving villeins; serfdom.
System➦
A set of staves in a musical score joined by a brace.
Villeinage➦
The legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
System➦
An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions
The animal's entire system seems to be affected by the disease.
Villeinage➦
Tenure by which a villein held land
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System➦
A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
The excretory system.
A root system.
System➦
A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components
The building's heating system.
System➦
A network of structures and channels, as for communication, travel, or distribution
A highway system.
System➦
A network of related computer software, hardware, and data transmission devices.
System➦
An organized set of interrelated ideas or principles
Kant's philosophical system.
System➦
A social, economic, or political organizational form
The feudal system.
System➦
An arrangement or configuration of classification or measurement
The taxonomic system.
The metric system.
System➦
An organized and coordinated method; a procedure
We have an efficient system for processing returned merchandise.
System➦
A naturally occurring group of objects or phenomena
A cave system.
A weather system.
System➦
(Geology) A set of rock strata grouped by geologic time period and divided into series.
System➦
Harmonious interaction or order
A restaurant kitchen that was completely without system.
System➦
The prevailing social order; the establishment. Used with the
You can't beat the system.
System➦
A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members.
There are eight planets in the solar system.
System➦
(derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
System➦
(computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
System➦
(mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
System➦
(music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
System➦
(physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
The digestive system
The nervous system
System➦
(psychiatry) A set of alters, or the multiple personalities]] due to, for example, a dissociative personality disorder who contains them.
System➦
(astronomy) A planetary system; a set of planets orbiting a star or star system
System➦
(philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
System➦
(RPG) A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
System➦
A method or way of organizing or planning.
Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.
System➦
An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system.
The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass.
System➦
Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
System➦
Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
System➦
An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
System➦
One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians.
System➦
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
System➦
Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity;
He bought a new stereo system
The system consists of a motor and a small computer
System➦
A complex of methods or rules governing behavior;
They have to operate under a system they oppose
That language has a complex system for indicating gender
System➦
A procedure or process for obtaining an objective;
They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
System➦
A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts;
The body has a system of organs for digestion
System➦
An organized structure for arranging or classifying;
He changed the arrangement of the topics
The facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
He tried to understand their system of classification
System➦
(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium;
In a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface
A system generating hydrogen peroxide
System➦
The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole;
Exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
System➦
An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized;
His compulsive organization was not an endearing quality
We can't do it unless we establish some system around here
