campaign vs operation

campaign

noun
  • A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal. 

  • The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation. 

verb
  • Consistently ride in races for a racing season. 

  • To take part in a campaign. 

operation

noun
  • A planned undertaking. 

  • The method or practice by which actions are done. 

  • The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. 

  • A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands); 

  • A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm) 

  • A business or organization. 

  • a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value. 

  • The method by which a device performs its function. 

  • A surgical procedure. 

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