different between methodology vs platform

English

Etymology

From French méthodologie. Surface etymology is method + -ology

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /me???d?l?d?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????d?l?d?i/, /?m????d?l?d?i/

Noun

methodology (countable and uncountable, plural methodologies)

1. (originally sciences) The study of methods used in a field.

   Coordinate term: epistemology

   • 1988, Donald T. Campbell, Methodology and Epistemology for Social Sciences: Selected Papers, University of Chicago Press (?ISBN)

     In doing so it will describe two metatheories of scientific thought regarding the nature of methodology and epistemology in social science.

   • 1998, Abbas Tashakkori, Charles Teddlie, Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, SAGE (?ISBN)

     This volume is an addition to the rapidly growing area of interest in research methodology: the study of mixed method and mixed model studies.

2. (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.

   Synonyms: technique, means, procedure

   • 2006, John Hunt, Agile Software Construction, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 12:

     For example, an agile methodology should promote the frequent delivery of working systems rather than a single big bang delivery.

   • 2011, Herbert Birkhofer, The Future of Design Methodology, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 2:

     Design Methodology is understood as a concrete course of action for the design of technical systems that derives its knowledge from design science and cognitive psychology, and from practical experience in different domains.

3. The implementation of such methods etc.

Usage notes

Etymologically, methodology refers to the study of methods. Thus the use of methodology as a synonym for methods (or other simple terms such as means, technique, or procedure) is proscribed as both inaccurate and pretentious.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• methodology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “methodology”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin f?rma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?plætf??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?plætf??m/
• Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform (plural platforms)

1. A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

   Synonym: (not for artistic performances) podium

2. A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
3. A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion; a tribune.

   Synonym: (only regarding the physical structure) podium

4. A kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
5. (figuratively) Something that allows an enterprise to advance; a foundation or stage.
6. (automobiles) A set of components shared by several vehicle models.
7. (computing) A computer system used to deliver services to clients; a solution
8. (computing) A particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software, or for defining a specific software or hardware environment for discussion purposes.
10. (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
11. (nautical) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine.
12. (politics) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
13. (travel) A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.
14. (obsolete) A plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Synonyms

• dais

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

platform (third-person singular simple present platforms, present participle platforming, simple past and past participle platformed)

1. (transitive) To furnish with or shape into a platform
2. (transitive) To place on, or as if on, a platform.
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, To Flush, My Dog

     And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open.

3. (obsolete, transitive) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
4. (politics, transitive) To include in a political platform
5. (transitive) To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.).

   Antonyms: deplatform, no-platform

6. (film, transitive) To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm.

See also

• Platform in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

• platform on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• platform (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French plateforme.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform n (plural platformen or platforms, diminutive platformpje n)

1. A platform, flat surface, notably a dais or stage
2. A political platform, (electoral) program
3. A plateau
4. A flat roof
5. (obsolete) A ground-plan

Synonyms

• (physical) podium n, verhoog n
• (in a station) perron n
• (political) (kies)programma n
• (ground-plan) plattegrond

Derived terms

• kiesplatform n

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: platform

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Plattform, from French plateforme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pl?tform]
• Hyphenation: plat?form
• Rhymes: -orm

Noun

platform (plural platformok)

1. (politics) platform (electoral program)
2. (computing) platform (a particular type of operating system or environment)
3. platform (a flat surface)

Declension

Derived terms

• platformfüggetlen

References

Further reading

• platform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch platform, from Middle French plateforme (Modern French plate-forme), from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “flat”)) + Latin f?rma (“shape; figure; form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?platf?rm]
• Hyphenation: plat?form

Noun

platform

1. platform,
   1. a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern.

      Synonyms: program, rencana

   2. a raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.

      Synonyms: panggung, pentas, mimbar

   3. a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

      Synonym: peron

2. a political platform, (electoral) program.

Further reading

• “platform” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plateforme.

Noun

platform (definite accusative platformu, plural platformlar)

1. platform
2. (transport, travel) platform

Declension

Synonyms

• (travel): peron