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Infrastructure vs Resource - What's the difference?

infrastructure | resource |

As nouns the difference between infrastructure and resource

is that infrastructure is an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system while resource is something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

As a verb resource is

to supply with resources.

infrastructure

English

Noun

(wikipedia infrastructure) (en noun)
  • An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
  • The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society

    • Synonyms

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    resource

    English

    (wikipedia resource)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Michael Sivak
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply? , passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,
  • A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
  • * , chapter=17
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}

    Derived terms

    * resourceful * human resources * natural resource * renewable resource * subresource

    Related terms

    * source

    See also

    * means

    References

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    Verb

    (resourc)
  • To supply with s.
  • * {{quote-book, 1999, Keith Ballard, Inclusive Education citation
    • , passage=All children receive it and, for the most part, do so in institutions that are approved by the state and, to a greater or lesser extent, resourced by the state.}}

    Anagrams

    * recourse ----