The difference between Abstract and Applied
When used as adjectives, abstract means derived, whereas applied means put into practical use.
Abstract is also noun with the meaning: an abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
Abstract is also verb with the meaning: to separate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Abstract and Applied
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Abstract as a noun:
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
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Abstract as a noun (medicine):
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. Concentrated essence of a product. A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
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Abstract as a noun:
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
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Abstract as a noun:
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
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Abstract as a noun (arts):
An abstract work of art.
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Abstract as a noun (real estate):
A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
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Abstract as an adjective (obsolete):
Derived; extracted.
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Abstract as an adjective (now, rare):
Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
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Abstract as an adjective:
Expressing a property or attribute separately of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object.
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Abstract as an adjective:
Considered apart from any application to a particular object; not concrete; ideal; non-specific; general, as opposed to specific.
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Abstract as an adjective:
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
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Abstract as an adjective (archaic):
Absent-minded.
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Abstract as an adjective (arts):
Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them. Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. Absolute. Lacking a story.
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Abstract as an adjective:
Insufficiently factual.
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Abstract as an adjective:
Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
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Abstract as an adjective (grammar):
As a noun, denoting an intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
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Abstract as an adjective (computing):
Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
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Abstract as a verb (transitive):
To separate; to disengage.
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Abstract as a verb (transitive):
To remove; to take away; withdraw.
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Abstract as a verb (transitive, euphemistic):
To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
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Abstract as a verb (transitive):
To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
Examples:
"rfquotek Franklin"
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Abstract as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To extract by means of distillation.
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Abstract as a verb (transitive):
To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
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Abstract as a verb (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively):
To withdraw oneself; to retire.
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Abstract as a verb (transitive):
To draw off (interest or attention).
Examples:
"He was wholly abstracted by other objects."
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Abstract as a verb (intransitive, rare):
To perform the process of abstraction.
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Abstract as a verb (intransitive, fine arts):
To create abstractions.
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Abstract as a verb (intransitive, computing):
To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
Examples:
"He abstracted out the square root function."
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Applied as an adjective:
put into practical use
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Applied as an adjective:
of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering
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Applied as a verb:
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- abridgment vs abstract
- abstract vs compendium
- abstract vs epitome
- abstract vs synopsis
- abstract vs concrete
- abstract vs abstruse
- abstract vs formal
- abstract vs conceptual
- abstract vs theoretical
- abstract vs applied
- abstract vs practical
- abstract vs remove
- abstract vs separate
- abstract vs take away
- abstract vs withdraw
- abridge vs abstract
- abstract vs epitomize
- abstract vs summarize
- abstract vs filch
- abstract vs purloin
- abstract vs steal
- applied vs pure