Action vs. Operation
Actionnoun
Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
Actionnoun
A way of motion or functioning.
Actionnoun
Fast-paced activity.
Actionnoun
A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
Actionnoun
(music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
Actionnoun
(slang) sexual intercourse.
Actionnoun
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
Actionnoun
(military) Combat.
Actionnoun
(legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
Actionnoun
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
Actionnoun
(physics) The product of energy and time, esp. the product of the Lagrangian and time.
Actionnoun
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
Actionnoun
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Actionnoun
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
Actionnoun
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
Actioninterjection
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
Actionverb
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
Actionverb
To initiate a legal action against someone.
Actionnoun
A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.
Actionnoun
An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.
Actionnoun
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
Actionnoun
Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
Actionnoun
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
Actionnoun
Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.
Actionnoun
Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.
Actionnoun
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Actionnoun
A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.
Actionnoun
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.
Actionnoun
An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.
Actionnoun
The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
Actionnoun
something done (usually as opposed to something said);
Actionnoun
the state of being active;
Actionnoun
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
Actionnoun
an act by a government body or supranational organization;
Actionnoun
a military engagement;
Actionnoun
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);
Actionnoun
the series of events that form a plot;
Actionnoun
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;
Actionnoun
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;
Actionnoun
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;
Actionverb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
Actionverb
put in effect;
Actionnoun
the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim
Actionnoun
the way in which something such as a chemical has an effect or influence
Actionnoun
short for industrial action
Actionnoun
the events represented in a story or play
Actionnoun
exciting or notable activity
Actionnoun
used by a film director as a command to begin
Actionnoun
a thing done; an act
Actionnoun
a gesture or movement
Actionnoun
the way in which something works or moves
Actionnoun
the mechanism that makes a machine or instrument work
Actionnoun
armed conflict
Actionnoun
a military engagement
Actionnoun
legal proceedings; a lawsuit
Actionverb
take action on; deal with
Operationnoun
The method by which a device performs its function.
Operationnoun
The method or practice by which actions are done.
Operationnoun
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
Operationnoun
A planned undertaking.
Operationnoun
A business or organization.
Operationnoun
(medicine) A surgical procedure.
Operationnoun
a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
Operationnoun
(military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
Operationnoun
(obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
Operationnoun
The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
Operationnoun
The method of working; mode of action.
Operationnoun
That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations.
Operationnoun
Effect produced; influence.
Operationnoun
Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities or mathematical objects, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols.
Operationnoun
Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
Operationnoun
a business especially one run on a large scale;
Operationnoun
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions;
Operationnoun
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
Operationnoun
the state of being in effect or being operative;
Operationnoun
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body;
Operationnoun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);
Operationnoun
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction);
Operationnoun
process or manner of functioning or operating;
Operationnoun
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;
Operationnoun
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
Operationnoun
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);
