The difference between Formula and Sentence
When used as nouns, formula means any mathematical rule expressed symbolically, whereas sentence means the decision or judgement of a jury or court.
Sentence is also verb with the meaning: to declare a sentence on a convicted person.
check bellow for the other definitions of Formula and Sentence
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Formula as a noun (mathematics):
Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
Examples:
"<math>x = \frac {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac{2a}</math> is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax<sup>2</sup> + bx + c = 0''."
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Formula as a noun (chemistry):
A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.
Examples:
"H<sub>2</sub>O is the formula for water."
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Formula as a noun:
A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.
Examples:
"The company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products."
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Formula as a noun:
A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.
Examples:
"The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed."
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Formula as a noun:
A formal statement of doctrine, as in religion.
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Formula as a noun (countable, uncountable):
Drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
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Formula as a noun (logic):
A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.
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Sentence as a noun (dated):
The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
Examples:
"The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."
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Sentence as a noun:
The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
Examples:
"The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler."
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Sentence as a noun:
A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
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Sentence as a noun (obsolete):
A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
Examples:
"rfquotek Broome"
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Sentence as a noun (grammar):
A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
Examples:
"The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard."
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Sentence as a noun (logic):
A formula with no free variables.
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Sentence as a noun (computing theory):
Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
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Sentence as a noun (obsolete):
Sense; meaning; significance.
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Sentence as a noun (obsolete):
One's opinion; manner of thinking.
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Sentence as a noun (now, rare):
A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.
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Sentence as a verb:
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
Examples:
"The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine."
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Sentence as a verb (obsolete):
To decree or announce as a sentence.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Sentence as a verb (obsolete):
To utter sententiously.
Examples:
"rfquotek Feltham"