different between activity vs response

English

Etymology

From Middle French activité, from Latin activitas. Equivalent to active +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk?t?.v?.ti/, /æk?t?.v?.ti?/, /æk?t?.v?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?v?ti

Noun

activity (countable and uncountable, plural activities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

2. (countable) Something done as an action or a movement.

3. (countable) Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.

4. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "activity": increased, decreased, high, low, volcanic, seismic, eruptive, intellectual, physical, mental, spiritual, muscular, cerebral, favorite, recreational, practical, cultural, artistic, literary, musical, political, diplomatic, military, domestic, voluntary, missionary, chemical, optical, productive, reproductive, industrial, commercial, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:activity

Antonyms

• rest
• passivity

Derived terms

• activity book
• activity stream
• activity trap
• beehive of activity
• catalytic activity
• extravehicular activity
• hive of activity
• nonactivity
• optical activity
• overactivity
• radioactivity
• self-activity
• subactivity
• ultrahazardous activity
• underactivity
• zone of polarizing activity

Translations

Further reading

• activity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• activity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin resp?nsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of resp?nsus, the perfect passive participle of responde?, from re (“again”) + sponde? (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???sp?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

response (plural responses)

2. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
4. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
5. An oracular answer.
6. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
7. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
8. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
9. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
10. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

Synonyms

• reaction

Derived terms

• consultary response

Related terms

Translations

References

• response in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

resp?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of resp?nsus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French response.

Noun

response f (plural responses)

1. response

Descendants

• French: réponse

Old French

Alternative forms

• responce
• respounce (Anglo-Norman)
• respounse (Anglo-Norman)
• respunse (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Variant of the masculine noun respons (also used as the past participle of respondre), itself a semi-learned word derived from Latin responsus.

Noun

response f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)

1. response

Descendants

• ? English: response
• French: réponse

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (response, supplement)
• respuns on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the feminine noun repunse under the masculine noun respuns)