The difference between Choice and Range
When used as nouns, choice means an option, whereas range means a line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
Choice is also adjective with the meaning: especially good or preferred.
Range is also verb with the meaning: to travel (an area, etc).
check bellow for the other definitions of Choice and Range
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Choice as a noun:
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
Examples:
"Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?"
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Choice as a noun (uncountable):
The power to choose.
Examples:
"She didn't leave us much choice''."
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Choice as a noun:
One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
Examples:
"The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert."
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Choice as a noun:
Anything that can be chosen.
Examples:
"You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate"
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Choice as a noun (usually, with ''the''):
The best or most preferable part.
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Choice as a noun (obsolete):
Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
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Choice as a noun (obsolete):
A sufficient number to choose among.
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Choice as an adjective:
Especially good or preferred.
Examples:
"It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there."
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Choice as an adjective (slang, New Zealand):
Cool; excellent.
Examples:
"Choice! I'm going to the movies."
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Choice as an adjective (obsolete):
Careful in choosing; discriminating.
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Range as a noun:
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
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Range as a noun:
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.
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Range as a noun:
Selection, array.
Examples:
"We sell a wide range of cars."
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Range as a noun:
An area for practicing shooting at targets.
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Range as a noun:
An area for military training or equipment testing.
Examples:
"synonyms: base training area training ground"
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Range as a noun:
The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
Examples:
"We could see the ship at a range of five miles."
"One can use the speed of sound to estimate the range of a lightning flash."
"synonyms: distance radius"
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Range as a noun:
Maximum distance of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, fuel supply, etc.).
Examples:
"This missile's range is 500 kilometres."
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Range as a noun:
An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
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Range as a noun:
Extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
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Range as a noun (mathematics):
The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
Examples:
"ant domain"
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Range as a noun (statistics):
The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
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Range as a noun (sports, baseball):
The defensive area that a player can cover.
Examples:
"Jones has good range for a big man."
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Range as a noun (music):
The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
Examples:
"synonyms: compass"
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Range as a noun (ecology):
The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
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Range as a noun (programming):
A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
Examples:
"<code>std::for_each</code> calls the given function on each value in the input range."
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Range as a noun:
An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
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Range as a noun (obsolete):
The step of a ladder; a rung.
Examples:
"rfquotek Clarendon"
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Range as a noun (obsolete, UK, dialect):
A bolting sieve to sift meal.
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Range as a noun:
A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
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Range as a noun (US, historical):
In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
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Range as a noun:
The scope of something, the extent which something covers or includes.
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Range as a noun:
The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
Examples:
"By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor."
"By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his acting range."
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Range as a verb (intransitive):
To travel (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To rove over or through.
Examples:
"to range the fields"
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Range as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To exercise the power of something over something else; to cause to submit , .
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
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Range as a verb (intransitive, mathematics, computing, followed by {{l, over):
}} Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
Examples:
"The variable'' x ''ranges over all [[real]] values from 0 to 10."
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To classify.
Examples:
"to range plants and animals in genera and species"
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Range as a verb (intransitive):
To form a line or a row.
Examples:
"The front of a house ranges with the street."
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Range as a verb (intransitive):
To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
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Range as a verb (transitive):
To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
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Range as a verb (biology):
To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
Examples:
"The peba ranges from Texas to Paraguay."
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Range as a verb:
To separate into parts; to sift.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Range as a verb:
To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
Examples:
"to range the coast"
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Range as a verb (baseball):
Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.