heuristic vs heuristic program

heuristic and heuristic program both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
heuristic	Yes	Yes	No	No
heuristic program	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, heuristic and heuristic program are synonyms defined as:

heuristic and heuristic program: a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

Other synonyms of heuristic include heuristic rule.

heuristic (noun)	heuristic program (noun)
a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem	a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

heuristic (adjective)	heuristic program (adjective)
of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation