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operation vs action

action vs operation

operation and action both are nouns.

operation is not a verb while action is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
operation Yes No No No
action Yes No Yes No
As nouns, action is a hypernym of operation; that is, action is a word with a broader meaning than operation:
  • operation: the state of being in effect or being operative
  • action: the state of being active
Other hypernyms of operation include activeness, activity.
operation (noun) action (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) something done (usually as opposed to something said)
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions a military engagement
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work an act by a government body or supranational organization
a business especially one run on a large scale the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) the series of events that form a plot
process or manner of functioning or operating a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being in effect or being operative the state of being active
operation (verb) action (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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