Decision vs. Resolution

By Muazma Batool — Published on April 26, 2023

Difference Between Decision and Resolution
◉Decision
A conclusion or judgment reached after consideration
Have you come to a decision yet?.
◉Resolution
The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination
faced the situation with resolution.
◉Decision
The act of reaching a conclusion or of passing of judgment on an issue under consideration
The judges' decision is taking a long time.
◉Resolution
A course of action determined or decided on
His resolution is to get up early.
◉Decision
(Sports) A victory won on points in boxing when no knockout has occurred or in wrestling when no fall has occurred.
◉Decision
(Baseball) A win or loss accorded to a pitcher
has four wins in six decisions.
◉Decision
To defeat by a decision, as in boxing
decisioned his opponent in the third round.
◉Resolution
The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified.
◉Resolution
A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the US Congress.
◉Decision
A choice or judgement.
It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
◉Resolution
Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts
the prismatic resolution of sunlight into its spectral colors.
◉Decision
(uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
◉Resolution
The clarity or fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, often measured as the number or the density of the discrete units, such as pixels or dots, that compose it.
◉Decision
(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
◉Resolution
(Medicine) The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or inflammation.
◉Decision
(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
◉Resolution
The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.
◉Decision
The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
The decision of some dispute.
◉Decision
An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
◉Resolution
The state of being resolute.
His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
◉Decision
The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
◉Resolution
A statement of intent, a vow
By February, most New Year's resolutions are forgotten.
My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.
◉Decision
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration;
a decision unfavorable to the opposition
his conclusion took the evidence into account
satisfied with the panel's determination
◉Decision
the act of making up your mind about something;
the burden of decision was his
he drew his conclusions quickly
◉Resolution
(computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.
◉Decision
(boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred;
had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent
◉Resolution
(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.
◉Resolution
(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
name resolution
◉Decision
the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose;
a man of unusual decisiveness
◉Resolution
(math) The act or process of solving; solution.
the resolution of an equation
◉Resolution
A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
◉Resolution
(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
◉Resolution
(literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
◉Resolution
(medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
◉Resolution
The act, operation, or process of resolving.
The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action.
◉Resolution
The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
Be it with resolution then to fight.
◉Resolution
That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.
◉Resolution
The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania.
◉Resolution
The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.
◉Resolution
A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.
◉Resolution
The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
◉Resolution
The act of distinguishing between two close but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement, bbetween two close values of the property measured.
◉Resolution
a measure of the ability to distinguish between two close but not identical values of the property being measured; it is expressed as the difference in values of a property necessary to make such a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a degree. Also called resolving power.
◉Resolution
the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
◉Resolution
the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose;
his resoluteness carried him through the battle
it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work
◉Resolution
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;
the finally reached a settlement with the union
they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
◉Resolution
(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
◉Resolution
the subsidence of swelling or others signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
◉Resolution
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
they were trying to find a peaceful solution
the answers were in the back of the book
he computed the result to four decimal places
◉Resolution
a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner;
he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions
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