Application vs. Operation

Applicationnoun

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

Applicationnoun

The substance applied.

Applicationnoun

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

Applicationnoun

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

Applicationnoun

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

Applicationnoun

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

Applicationnoun

A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

Applicationnoun

The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

Applicationnoun

Diligence; close thought or attention.

Applicationnoun

A kind of needlework; appliqué.

Applicationnoun

(obsolete) Compliance.

Applicationnoun

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Applicationnoun

The thing applied.

Applicationnoun

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

Applicationnoun

The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence; as, I make the remark, and leave you to make the application; the application of a theory.

Applicationnoun

That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied to practical uses; the "moral" of a fable.

Applicationnoun

The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application.

Applicationnoun

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application to study.

Applicationnoun

The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery.

Applicationnoun

A request; a document containing a request; as, his application was placed on file.

Applicationnoun

a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school;

Applicationnoun

the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose;

Applicationnoun

a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task;

Applicationnoun

the work of applying something;

Applicationnoun

liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin;

Applicationnoun

a diligent effort;

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.);