mapping vs inverse function

inverse function vs mapping

mapping and inverse function both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mapping	Yes	No	No	No
inverse function	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inverse function is a hyponym of mapping; that is, inverse function is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mapping:

mapping: (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
inverse function: a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x

Other hyponyms of mapping include multinomial, polynomial, expansion, Kronecker delta, metric, metric function, transformation, isometry, operator, circular function, trigonometric function, threshold function, exponential, exponential function, linear function, onto function, surjection, surjective function, homothecy, homothety.

mapping (noun)	inverse function (noun)
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome	a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x
the process of making maps
(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

Difference between mapping and inverse function

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