command vs control

command

noun
  • The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence. 

  • power of control, direction or disposal; mastery. 

  • A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task. 

  • The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience. 

  • An order to do something. 

  • Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook. 

  • A command performance. 

  • A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control. 

  • A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge. 

  • The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches. 

verb
  • To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority. 

  • To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin. 

  • to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook. 

  • To hold, to control the use of. 

  • To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim. 

  • To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control. 

control

noun
  • Influence or authority over something. 

  • A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register. 

  • An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl). 

  • A control group or control experiment. 

  • A checkpoint along an audax route. 

  • A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan. 

  • The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button. 

  • Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control. 

  • A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure. 

  • A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living. 

  • A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control. 

  • Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation. 

verb
  • (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated. 

  • to hold in check, to curb, to restrain 

  • To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of. 

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