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Detecting vs Mapping - What's the difference?

detecting | mapping |

As verbs the difference between detecting and mapping

is that detecting is while mapping is .

As nouns the difference between detecting and mapping

is that detecting is an act of detection while mapping is the process of making maps.

detecting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of detection.
  • * 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
    • Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings , scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.

    mapping

    English

    (wikipedia mapping)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of making maps.
  • (mathematics) A function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set; a correspondence.
  • (biology) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
  • (computing) Assigning a PC to a shared drive or printer port on a network.

    • Verb

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