Bracket vs Group - What's the difference?
bracket | group | Synonyms |
(senseid)A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<" and ">".
"(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
(technical) "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms of which have their own technical names.
(sports) Printed diagram of games in a tournament.
(sports) Prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
One of several ranges of numbers.
(military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.
To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets.
To place in the same category.
To mark distinctly for special treatment.
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To set aside, discount, ignore.
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(photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
(philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
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(geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
(astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
(chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
(chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
(sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
(military) An air force formation.
(geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
(computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
(music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
(sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while at the same time not playing teams that belong to other sets in the division.
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Bracket is a synonym of group.
In military|lang=en terms the difference between bracket and group
is that bracket is (military) in artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short) the next shell fired is likely to hit accurately while group is (military) an air force formation.In sports|lang=en terms the difference between bracket and group
is that bracket is (sports) prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes while group is (sports) a set of teams playing each other in the same division, while at the same time not playing teams that belong to other sets in the division.As nouns the difference between bracket and group
is that bracket is (senseid)a fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf while group is a number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.As verbs the difference between bracket and group
is that bracket is to bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets while group is to put together to form a group.bracket
English
Noun
(en noun)- tax bracket''''', ''age '''bracket
Synonyms
* parentheses, parensDerived terms
* angle bracket * bracketology * bulge bracket * curly bracket * gas bracket * income bracket/income tax bracket/tax bracket * price bracket * round bracket * shelf bracket * square bracketHyponyms
* See alsoSee also
(punctuation)Verb
(en verb)- I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed.
- Because the didn't have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year olds with the eight-year olds.
Holy Grammar, Inc.”, in Search Magazine , July–August 2009:
- SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.
group
English
Alternative forms
* groupe (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}