Operational vs. Functional

Operationaladjective

Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.

Operationaladjective

Functioning and ready for use.

Operationaladjective

Effective or operative.

Operationaladjective

Determined by means of practical measures.

Operational

of or pertaining to operations; as, operational procedure.

Operational

Fit or ready for service; available and in working condition; as, an operational aircraft. Opposite of out-of-service.

Operational

of or intended for or involved in military operations. Opposite of nonoperational.

Operational

In force; not expired or annulled; - of rules or laws.

Operationaladjective

pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result;

Operationaladjective

fit or ready for use or service;

Operationaladjective

of or intended for or involved in military operations

Operationaladjective

being in effect or operation;

Functionaladjective

In good working order.

Functionaladjective

Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function

Functionaladjective

Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture

Functionaladjective

(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.

Functionaladjective

(medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

Functionalnoun

(mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y=f(x) whose argument x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.

Functionalnoun

A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.

Functionalnoun

(computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

Functionaladjective

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

Functionaladjective

Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general; involving or affecting function rather than physiology; as, functional deafness; a functional disease. See functional disease, below.

Functionaladjective

Designed for or capable of a particular function or use; as, a style of writing in which every word is functional; functional architecture.

Functionaladjective

Fit or ready for use or service; useable; in working order; as, the toaster was still functional even after being dropped; the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still functional. Antonym of out of order and nonfunctional.

Functionaladjective

Designed to emphasize practical utility rather than artistic or aesthetic purposes; as, functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical; functional architecture; an amateurish device, crude but functional.

Functionaladjective

designed for or capable of a particular function or use;

Functionaladjective

involving or affecting function rather than physiology;

Functionaladjective

relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure;

Functionaladjective

fit or ready for use or service;

Functionaladjective

designed for or adapted to a function or use;

Functionaladjective

(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;