different between optimisation vs improvement
optimisation
English
Etymology
From optimise +? -ation
Noun
optimisation (plural optimisations)
- Alternative spelling of optimization
Hyponyms
- premature optimisation
French
Etymology
optimiser +? -ation, in imitation of English optimization.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p.ti.mi.za.sj??/
- Homophone: optimisations
Noun
optimisation f (plural optimisations)
- optimization
Further reading
- “optimisation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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improvement
English
Alternative forms
- emprovement (obsolete)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman emprouwement; synchronically improve +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?u?vm?nt/
- Hyphenation: im?prove?ment
Noun
improvement (countable and uncountable, plural improvements)
- The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
- November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
- I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement.
- 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
- Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.
- November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
- The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
- 1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
- good improvement of his reason.
- 1681, John Tillotson, A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr Thomas Gouge
- I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
- 1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
- The state of being improved; betterment; advance
- Something which is improved
- The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet.
- Increase; growth; progress; advance.
- Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.
- (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
- (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
Synonyms
- improval, amelioration
Antonyms
- worsening
- deterioration
- disimprovement
Hyponyms
- self-improvement
Derived terms
- disimprovement
See also
- uplift
Translations
References
improvement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English improvement.
Noun
improvement m (invariable)
- (rare) improvement
- Synonyms: miglioramento, perfezionamento
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