different between classification vs method

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French classification

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæs?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

classification (countable and uncountable, plural classifications)

1. The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ?ISBN

     I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
     And there is also taxinomia a principle of 'classification' and ordered tabulation.
     Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
     Western reason had entered the age of judgement.

Derived terms

• classification scheme
• classification yard

Related terms

• class
• classic
• classify
• category
• categorize
• segment

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Further reading

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

French

Etymology

classe +? -ification

Pronunciation

Noun

classification f (plural classifications)

1. classification

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???d/
• Hyphenation: meth?od

Etymology 1

From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (méthodos).

Noun

method (countable and uncountable, plural methods)

1. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):

2. (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.

   Synonym: method acting
3. (object-oriented programming) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.

   Synonym: member function
4. (slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

5. (dated) An instruction book systematically arranged.

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Verb

method (third-person singular simple present methods, present participle methoding, simple past and past participle methoded)

1. (transitive) to apply a method
   • 1809, Rachel Russell (baroness.), Letters. To which is prefixed, an intr. vindicating the character of lord ...

     "Says he, there is above ten thousand brisk boys are ready to follow me, whenever I hold up my finger : — Says I, how have you methoded this, that they shall not be crushed, for there will be a great force to oppose you?"

2. (casting, by extension, transitive) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold

   The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.

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Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

method (plural methods)

1. (skateboarding, snowboarding) Ellipsis of method air.

Anagrams

• mothed