mapping vs linear function

linear function vs mapping

mapping and linear function both are nouns.

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

As nouns, linear function is a hyponym of mapping; that is, linear 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)
linear function: a mathematical function whose graph (in Cartesian coordinates with uniform scales) is a line in the plane.

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

mapping (noun)	linear function (noun)
(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome	a mathematical function whose graph (in Cartesian coordinates with uniform scales) is a line in the plane.
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 linear function

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