different between application vs management

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applic?ti?nem, accusative singular of applic?ti? (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applic? (“join to, attach; apply”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æpl??ke???n/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?æpl??ke???n/
• Hyphenation: ap?pli?ca?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)

1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

2. The substance applied.
   • 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography

     His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.

3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

   • All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.

4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

5. (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

6. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

7. (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

8. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
9. Diligence; close thought or attention.
10. A kind of needlework; appliqué.
11. (obsolete) Compliance.

Synonyms

• (computer software): software, program, app

Hyponyms

Translations

See also

• app

References

• WordNet 3.0 [1].

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin applicatio, applicationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.ka.sj??/

Noun

application f (plural applications)

1. application
2. (mathematics) mapping

Related terms

• appliquer

Further reading

• “application” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

manage +? -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn?d?m?nt/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?mæn?d?m?nt/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): /m?n?e?d?m?nt/

Noun

management (usually uncountable, plural managements)

1. (uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
2. The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
3. (uncountable) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

Synonyms

• (process or practice of managing): mgt, mgmt, mgmt., Mgmt., mng't

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• "management" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 189.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

Noun

management m

1. (management) management

Synonyms

• ?ízení n

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?nage?ment

Noun

management n (uncountable)

1. (management) management

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na(d)?.m??/, /ma.nad?.m?nt/

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. (management) management

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (invariable)

1. (management) management

Further reading

• management in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English management.

Noun

management m (plural managements)

1. management