Nov 20, 2011

Differences you might not know : Part 2


Difference between Curriculum and Syllabus
Curriculum is a focus of study, consisting of various courses all designed to reach a particular proficiency or qualification. For instance some high schools offer a college-prep curriculum, which is designed to prepare a student for the rigors of college study. Emphasis will be on the humanities (history, English, etc.) and sciences (biology, math, chemistry, physics, etc.). On the other hand, some high schools offer a vocational-prep curriculum, which includes specific skill-building courses (cosmetology, construction trades, electronics, computer science, etc.). 
A syllabus is simply an outline and time line of a particular course. It will typically give a brief overview of the course objectives, course expectations, list reading assignments, homework deadlines, and exam dates. It is typically available on the first day of a college course, and a student is expected to know what is in the syllabus throughout the course. The purpose of the syllabus is to allow the student to work their schedule for their own maximum efficiency and effectiveness. It helps to avoid conflicts with other courses, and it prevents someone from accusing a professor of unfairly adding assignments mid-term.

Difference Between Jihad and Terrorism
Jihad is an Islamic term used to describe one's duty towards Islam. Terrorism on the other hand is the act of trying to instill feelings of terror in the general population by acts or deeds.
Jihad as per Islam stands for struggle. This struggle can be to protect one's country, religion, family, or to save someone else's life. Jihad can even be one's struggle to make himself a better human being.  This has been called as the greater jihad by some. Terrorism, however, is never to protect. The sole purpose of terrorism is to cause enough harm, pain and agony to someone to make him feel insecure. The word Terrorism would normally be used when referring to systematic episodes of mass destruction or killings.  It would not be normally used to petty crimes. It has nothing to do with religion as neither Islam nor any other religion in the world preaches destruction and killings.
Terrorism is often fueled by materialistic or territorial goals generally with no regard to religion whereas a jihad is the struggle in the path of god and has no other goal apart from this.
 Terrorism is always directed towards the killing of innocent civilians and may be by way of explosions, attacks, etc, while, jihad is not permitted against innocent.
Both these terms are vastly misused. While politicians the world over have often discredit their political rivals by calling or classifying them as terrorists and their struggles as terrorism, terrorists on the other hand have always tried to justify their acts and deeds by calling and categorizing them as jihad, however, there is no reference in Islam or any other religion where jihad justifies the killing of innocent people or damage to property.

Summary
1. Jihad is the term used to describe one's duty towards Islam while terrorism is an act committed to instill fear in the population.
2. Jihad need not always be violent however terrorism is always violent.
3. Jihad is always performed for God, while terrorism always has materialistic goals.
4. Terrorism is always directed to harm innocent civilians while Jihad does not permit this.

Difference Between Fruit and Vegetable
A fruit is the matured ovary of a plant, which means that it contains seeds, while a vegetable is a plant part, which does not contain seeds, although some vegetables may be used in plant reproduction.
Some examples of fruits include well-known specimens like apricots, cherries, blueberries, and apples, but tomatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers, and zucchini are also considered to be fruits botanically, even though many people refer to these fruits as “vegetables” because they are savory, rather than sweet. This is the result of convenience labeling used in the grocery industry, where fruits and vegetables are differentiated on the basis of whether they are sweet or savory, rather than with the use of any firm botanical criteria
A vegetable, on the other hand, is simply a plant part like a flower, stem, root, or leaf. Broccoli, for example is a vegetable which appears in the form of a flower, while celery is a stalk vegetable, and celeriac is a root vegetable. Vegetables like potatoes are technically tubers, not roots, meaning that they are specially designed plant structures which store nutrients for the parent plant; tubers are also capable of budding into new plants. Some examples of leaf vegetables include spinach, cabbage, and lettuce

Difference Between Brand and Product
In marketing, product is anything that can be offered to the market that may satisfy the need, want, and demand of a certain individual or market. It is also called as goods or service. Product is more than just a material object. It is also an inclusive package of benefits or satisfactions that the consumer or buyer may achieve upon purchase or usage. A product is the total amount of all physical, psychological, symbolic, and service attributes. Several examples of products are the following: hamburger, fries, and soft drink.
On the other hand, brand is a symbolic manifestation of all the information connected with a company, product, or service. A brand is typically composed of a name, logo, and other visual elements such as images, colors, and icons. It is believe that a brand puts an impression to the consumer on what to expect to the product or service being offered. In other application, brand may be referred as a trademark, which is legally an appropriate term. In summary, a 'brand' is a symbol of a product (Coca-Cola), service (Eurostar trains), company (Campari) or even an individual (Michael Jordan) to identify what it is. Specifically, an example of brand is McDonald's fast food restaurant, which carries the world's most popular Golden Arches.

Difference between CV and Resume
The primary differences between a resume and curriculum vitae (CV) are the length, what is included and what each is used for. A resume is a one or two page summary of your skills, experience and education. While a resume is brief and concise - no more than a page or two, Curriculum Vitae is a longer (at least two page) and more detailed synopsis.
A Curriculum vitae includes a summary of your educational and academic backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors, affiliations and other details. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, employers may expect to receive curriculum vitae.

Difference between Attitude and Behavior
Attitude is how you think and feel about things, behavior is the way you act. Attitude can reflect in behavior, but there are some people who can act very differently than what they feel.

Difference Between Reward and Award
Awards are tokens of appreciation, which are given to individuals for their achievements. It can be called as symbol of recognition to an individual for their personal achievements. Rewards on the other hand are also recognition but it is a kind of acknowledgment to an individuals contributions. Rewards can also be said to be an encouragement to an individual.
Awards can also be called as a prize that is given away to individuals for their noteworthy activities. By getting an award, people approve that you have done something great. Awards can come in form of commemorative plaques, medals, trophies, certificates, titles, badges, pins and cash. Rewards most of time is associated with money or a promotion or like that.
You may be rewarded for finding and returning some one’s valuable things. The police normally give away rewards on valuable information. Rewards can be termed as a compensation that you get for helping others. But you only get award and not reward for writing a novel. Well, the award can be called as a reward for an individual’s effort
Awards are publicly presented. Rewards, on the other hand, are only private or personal affairs.

Difference Between Wait and Await
Wait
To stay in one place because you expect or hope that something will happen.
e.g. Shery said: she’d be waiting in the lobby.
Await 
1. To wait for something that you expect to happen
e.g. They were awaiting the birth of their first child.
2. To wait for something that is the next stage in a process
The draft law is still awaiting parliamentary approval.

Difference Between Sell and Sale
sale = noun
sell = verb
Definition
A sale is somewhere where you sell things in a lower price.
A sell is something when u offer a certain item for a fixed price.
For Example:
There is a sale at the market, let's go shopping. 
I will sell you this radio for $5. 

Difference Between In and At
IN : used as a function word to indicate inclusion, location, or position within limits 
 AT : used as a function word to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near 
For Example: 
"Samand is in the house."
We know from this sentence that Samand is inside the house.
"Samand is at the house."
We cannot tell from this sentence if Samand is inside the house or outside the house but we know he is somewhere at the house.

Difference Between Art and Craft
Art is a form of work that is the expression of emotions. Craft is a form of work, which results in a tangible output.
Another thing that can be seen is that one can create duplicate craft forms, which is not possible with art. It can also be seen that art forms move people on an emotional level whereas crafts attract people. 
For example, a piece of painting can create emotions in a person whereas a piece of jewelery can be an attraction.
Unlike craft, art is known to come out of the heart and soul. Crafts come out of the mind and need considerable practice to come out with world-class forms.

Difference Between Appeal and Review
An appeal is a formal question as to the correctness of a ruling of a presiding officer. If the appeal is found to be unsatisfactory or not correct, a reexamination by a higher authority will be conducted.. It is the process of going over the subject again

Difference Between Wind and Air
Air is the part of the Earth's atmosphere that humans breathe. It is made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other substances.
When Air is moving then the Moving-Air is termed as Wind.
It means, that moving air is called "wind" and the mixture of gases present in atmosphere is called "air"

Difference Between Aims and Objectives
Aims are actually GOALS, which you set for yourself in your life to achieve while Objectives are the measures, which you take to achieve your aim.

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