different between function vs chore
function
English
Etymology
From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functi? (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f??(k)??n/, /?f??k?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??k??n/, [?f??k???n], [?f??k?n?]
- Hyphenation: func?tion
- Rhymes: -??k??n
Noun
function (plural functions)
- What something does or is used for.
- Synonyms: aim, intention, purpose, role, use
- A professional or official position.
- Synonyms: occupation, office, part, role
- An official or social occasion.
- Synonyms: affair, occasion, social occasion, social function
- Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
- A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.
- (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.
- Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, operator, transformation
- Hypernym: relation
- (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result.
- Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine, func, funct
- (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part.
- (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound.
- (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group.
Hyponyms
- subfunction
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
function (third-person singular simple present functions, present participle functioning, simple past and past participle functioned)
- (intransitive) To have a function.
- Synonyms: officiate, serve
- (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.
- Synonyms: go, operate, run, work
- Antonym: malfunction
Related terms
- functional
- dysfunction, dysfunctional
Translations
Middle French
Noun
function f (plural functions)
- function (what something's intended use is)
Descendants
- ? English: function
- French: fonction
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chore
English
Etymology 1
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ?err, ?ierr (“a turn”), from ?ierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijan? (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon k?rian, Old High German ch?ran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA(key): /t???/
- (General American) enPR: chôr, IPA(key): /t???/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ch?r, IPA(key): /t?o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /t?o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
chore (plural chores)
- A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
Derived terms
- choreful
- choreless
- chorelike
- choresome
- chore wheel
Translations
Verb
chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
- (US, dated) To do chores.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
Possibly derived from Romani ?or (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.
Alternative forms
- chor (Geordie)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA(key): /t???/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ch?r, IPA(key): /t?o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /t?o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
- (Britain, informal) To steal.
Synonyms
- steal (standard English)
- thieve (standard English)
- twoc (Geordie)
Etymology 3
Noun
chore (plural chores)
- (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
- On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
Anagrams
- Roche, ocher, ochre, roche
Latin
Noun
chore
- vocative singular of chorus
Lower Sorbian
Adjective
chore
- Superseded spelling of chóre.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?.r?/
Adjective
chore
- inflection of chory:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Portuguese
Verb
chore
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of chorar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of chorar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of chorar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of chorar
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