different between structure vs substance
structure
English
Etymology
From Middle French structure, from Latin struct?ra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?st??kt??(?)/, [?st??kt??(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): /?st??kt??/
Noun
structure (countable and uncountable, plural structures)
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- Synonym: formation
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- Synonym: formation
- The overall form or organization of something.
- Synonyms: makeup, configuration; see also Thesaurus:composition
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
Derived terms
- antistructure
Translations
Verb
structure (third-person singular simple present structures, present participle structuring, simple past and past participle structured)
- (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.
Translations
Related terms
- infrastructure
- macrostructure
- microstructure
- restructure
- structural
- structuralism
- structuralist
- structured
- substructure
- superstructure
- unstructured
Further reading
- structure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Latin structura
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?yk.ty?/
- Rhymes: -y?
- Homophone: structures
Noun
structure f (plural structures)
- structure
- Le plain-chant est la paraphrase aérienne et mouvante de l'immobile structure des cathédrales. (Huysmans, En route, 1895)
Synonyms
- agencement
- disposition
- ordre
- organisation
Antonyms
- anarchie
- chaos
Derived terms
- infrastructure
- structural
- structuralisme
- structuraliste
- structurant
- structuration
- structurer
- déstructurer
- restructurer
- structuration
- structure de données
- structurel
- structurellement
- substructure
- superstructure
References
- “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “structure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Participle
str?ct?re
- vocative masculine singular of str?ct?rus
structure From the web:
- what structure connects osteocytes
- what structure is similar to the endoplasmic reticulum
- what structures are found in all cells
- what structure connects the epididymis to the body
- what structures meet at the neuromuscular junction
- what structure supports the axon from within
substance
English
Alternative forms
- substaunce (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?bst?ns/, [?s?bst?nts]
Noun
substance (countable and uncountable, plural substances)
- Physical matter; material.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- Synonyms: matter, stuff
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.
- Synonyms: crux, gist
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- Synonyms: dope, gear
- (theology) Hypostasis.
Synonyms
- (physical matter): See also Thesaurus:substance
- (essential part of anything): See also Thesaurus:gist
- (drugs): See also Thesaurus:recreational drug
Related terms
Translations
Verb
substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced)
- (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
See also
- style
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.st??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
substance f (plural substances)
- substance
Derived terms
Further reading
- “substance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cubassent
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French substance.
Noun
substance
- essence
Descendants
- English: substance
Old French
Alternative forms
- sostance, sustance
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia.
Noun
substance f (oblique plural substances, nominative singular substance, nominative plural substances)
- most essential; substantial part
- existence
Related terms
- substantiel
Descendants
substance From the web:
- what substances make up an iron pot
- what substances make up pizza
- what substances are produced by cellular respiration
- what substance is analogous to a factory manager
- what substances will dissolve in water
- what substance was the first photograph made from
- what substances are produced during photosynthesis
- what substance is a compound
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