Technique vs. Mechanism — What's the Difference?

The basic method for making or doing something, such as an artistic work or scientific procedure

A machine or mechanical appliance.

Skill or command in a particular activity

The arrangement of connected parts in a machine.

(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.

A system of parts that operate or interact like those of a machine

(uncountable) Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill.

An instrument or a process, physical or mental, by which something is done or comes into being

(countable) A method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge.

A habitual manner of acting to achieve an end.

The method or manner of performance in any art; - also called technic.

(Psychology) A usually unconscious mental and emotional pattern that shapes behavior in a given situation or environment

The body of technical methods and procedures used in a science or craft.

The sequence of steps in a chemical reaction.

The detailed movements used for executing an artistic performance; technical skill; artistic execution; as, a pianist's fingering technique.

(Philosophy) The doctrine that all natural phenomena are explicable by material causes and mechanical principles.

A practical method or art applied to some particular task

(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity;

Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.

A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

A mental, physical, or chemical process.

Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.

(philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.

The series of causal relations that operate to produce an effect in any system; as, the mechanism of a chemical reaction.

Mechanical operation or action.

An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.

The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction;

The technical aspects of doing something;

A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function;

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function