The difference between Attribute and Dimension

When used as nouns, attribute means a characteristic or quality of a thing, whereas dimension means a single aspect of a given thing.

When used as verbs, attribute means to ascribe (something) a given cause, reason etc, whereas dimension means to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.


check bellow for the other definitions of Attribute and Dimension

  1. Attribute as a noun:

    A characteristic or quality of a thing.

    Examples:

    "His finest attribute is his kindness."

  2. Attribute as a noun (grammar):

    A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.

    Examples:

    "In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket"."

  3. Attribute as a noun (logic):

    That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

  4. Attribute as a noun (computing, object-oriented programming):

    An option or setting belonging to some object.

    Examples:

    "This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero."

    "A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten."

  5. Attribute as a noun (programming):

    A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.

    Examples:

    "Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used."

  6. Attribute as a noun (computer graphics, dated):

    A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

  1. Attribute as a verb:

    To ascribe (something) a given cause, reason etc.

  2. Attribute as a verb:

    To associate ownership or authorship of (something) someone.

    Examples:

    "This poem is attributed to Browning."

  1. Dimension as a noun:

    A single aspect of a given thing.

  2. Dimension as a noun:

    A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.

  3. Dimension as a noun:

    A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.

  4. Dimension as a noun (geometry):

    The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.

  5. Dimension as a noun (linear algebra):

    The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.

  6. Dimension as a noun (physics):

    One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.

    Examples:

    "The dimension of velocity is length divided by time."

  7. Dimension as a noun (computing):

    Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.

  8. Dimension as a noun (science fiction, fantasy):

    An alternative universe or plane of existence.

  1. Dimension as a verb (transitive):

    To mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.