different between example vs instruction
example
English
Etymology
From Middle English exaumple, example, from Old French essample (French exemple), from Latin exemplum (“a sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out (as a sample)”), from exim? (“take out”), from ex (“out”) + em? (“buy; acquire”); see exempt. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus, forbusen from Old English b?sen, and Middle English byspel from Old English b?spell. Doublet of exemplum and sample.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??mpl?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /???z??mp?/
- (General Australian, US, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /???zæmpl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???zæmpl?/
- Rhymes: -??mp?l, -æmp?l
- Hyphenation: ex?am?ple
Noun
example (plural examples)
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
- An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
Synonyms
- e.g.
- See also Thesaurus:model
- See also Thesaurus:exemplar
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- exemplar
- model
- pattern
- quotation
- template
Verb
example (third-person singular simple present examples, present participle exampling, simple past and past participle exampled)
- To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Further reading
- example in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- example in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- exempla
example From the web:
- what examples of the supernatural appear in macbeth
- what examples demonstrate tubman's heroism
- how is the supernatural shown in macbeth
- what is the supernatural in macbeth
instruction
English
Etymology
From Middle English instruccioun, from Old French instruccion, from Latin instructio; equivalent to instruct +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?st??k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
instruction (countable and uncountable, plural instructions)
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:instruction
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin ?nstr?cti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.t?yk.sj??/
Noun
instruction f (plural instructions)
- instruction (clarification of this definition is needed)
Related terms
- instruire
Further reading
- “instruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
instruction From the web:
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- what instructional strategies are most effective
- what instructional coaching is and is not
- what instructional methods will be used
- what does dna contain the instructions for
- what information is found in dna
- what does dna contain the instructions for making
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