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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 firm decision to do something
made a resolution to get more exercise.

Decision

Firmness of character or action; determination
Is he a man of decision?.

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.

Resolution

The act of solving or explaining a problem or puzzle.

Decision

(Baseball) A win or loss accorded to a pitcher
has four wins in six decisions.

Resolution

The resolving or concluding of a dispute or disagreement.

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.

Decision

The act of deciding.

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

(baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.

Resolution

The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.

Decision

(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout

Resolution

The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

Decision

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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.

Resolution

A strong will, determination.

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

Resolution

The act of discerning detail.

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.

Decision

the outcome of a game or contest;
the team dropped three decisions in a row

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

(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

Resolution

(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.

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 relaxed; relaxation.

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

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

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

finding a solution to a problem

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

analysis into clear-cut components

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

(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord

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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