[Vocabulary] Do resolution and solution have the same meaning or slightly difference?

[UM Chakma]

Hi Dear,

RESOLUTION RESOLVE (v)
SOLUTION SOLVE (v)



Do resolution/resolve and solution/solve have the same meaning or slightly difference?


Thanks,

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi Dear,

RESOLUTION RESOLVE (v)
SOLUTION SOLVE (v)



Do resolution/resolve and solution/solve have the same meaning or slightly difference?


Thanks,

What did you find in dictionaries?

 

[UM Chakma]

I think they have the same meaning. But I am not sure.

 

[UM Chakma]

I have checked a similar thread here. But not satisfied.

 

[UM Chakma]

Here is a context; "a successful resolution to the crisis" found in a dictionary. If they have the same meaning, we are able to use "solution" instead of "resolution", aren't we?

 

[Raymott]

Here is a context; "a successful resolution to the crisis" found in a dictionary. If they have the same meaning, we are able to use "solution" instead of "resolution", aren't we?

You could use 'solution' in that phrase. But, they're different words. They don't have the same meaning.

 

[5jj]

My simplified take is that 'resolution' is an answer to a problem or situation, 'solution' is the answer.

 

[UM Chakma]

Resolution" is as answer to a problem or a situation; okay! clear. "Solution" is the answer; it is okay too. But "solution" is the answer of what? That's not clear. Can't "solution" be the answer of a problem too? For instance; when we solve a problem, we might say the problem is solved. Then here, isn't the "solution" the answer of a problem?

Also, do people find resolution or solution for global issues?

 

[UM Chakma]

One thing I understood is that "resolution" has variety of meaning where "solution" has only one.

 

[5jj]

Both words have several meanings.

In the 'answer' range of meanings, 'solution' is, in my opinion more precise. It is the only correct word for, for example, mathematics problems and crossword puzzles.

 

[Raymott]

One thing I understood is that "resolution" has variety of meaning where "solution" has only one.

You do come up with some strange inferences UM. How did you come to the understanding that "solution" has only one meaning?

​ so·lu·tion (s -l sh n)n.1.a. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids, liquids, gases, or a combination of these. b. The process of forming such a mixture. 2. The state of being dissolved. 3.a. The method or process of solving a problem. b. The answer to or disposition of a problem. 4. Law Payment or satisfaction of a claim or debt. 5. The act of separating or breaking up; dissolution. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sol ti , sol ti n-, from sol tus, past participle of solvere, to loosen; seesolute.] solution [səˈluːʃən] n1. (Chemistry) a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances in which the molecules or atoms of the substances are completely dispersed. The constituents can be solids, liquids, or gases 2. (Chemistry) the act or process of forming a solution 3. (Chemistry) the state of being dissolved (esp in the phrase in solution) 4. (Chemistry) a mixture of two or more substances in which one or more components are present as small particles with colloidal dimension; colloid a colloidal solution 5. a specific answer to or way of answering a problem 6. the act or process of solving a problem 7. (Mathematics) Mathsa. the unique set of values that yield a true statement when substituted for the variables in an equation b. a member of a set of assignments of values to variables under which a given statement is satisfied; a member of a solution set 8. (Medicine / Pathology) the stage of a disease, following a crisis, resulting in its termination 9. (Law) Law the payment, discharge, or satisfaction of a claim, debt, etc.[from Latin solūtiō an unloosing, from solūtus; see solute] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

 

[UM Chakma]

I am talking about Cambridge advanced learner dictionary 3rd edition where I looked them up from and which I am currently using. There were only two meanings of solution; one is answer another is liquid. I am sorry, I should have checked other dictionaries.

 

[Tdol]

Resolution is used for a formal proposal that gets voted on by a committee, etc.

 

[Raymott]

Resolution is used for a formal proposal that gets voted on by a committee, etc.

You can also get a resolution of a disease such as pneumonia, but not a solution of it.