Precise vs Unambiguous - What's the difference?
precise | unambiguous |
Exact, accurate.
*
(sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
* {{quote-journal
, year = 1965
, month = July
, first = Donald
, last = Knuth
, coauthors =
, title = On the Translation of Languages from Left to Right
, journal = Information and Control
, volume = 8
, issue =
, url = http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~mckeeman/cs48/mxcom/doc/knuth65.pdf
, pages = 707–639
, passage =
}}
As adjectives the difference between precise and unambiguous
is that precise is exact, accurate while unambiguous is clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.precise
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* inexact, imprecise * (consistent) inconsistent, varyingDerived terms
* prissyAnagrams
* ----unambiguous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- An LR(k'') grammar is clearly unambiguous''', since the definition
implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
more that nearly every grammar which is known to be '''unambiguous is
either an LR(''k'') grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
ward the middle." Thus, the LR(''k ) condition may be regarded as the most
powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.
