heuristic program vs heuristic

heuristic program and heuristic both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of heuristic program include heuristic rule.

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