instance vs support

instance

verb
  • To cite an example as proof; to exemplify. 

  • To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite 

noun
  • A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming. 

  • A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. 

  • Occasion; order of occurrence. 

  • A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each party of players, that enters it, so that each player or party has a private copy of the area, isolated from other players. 

  • An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area. 

  • One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same. 

support

verb
  • To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain. 

  • To keep from falling. 

  • To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for. 

  • To help, particularly financially. 

  • To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid. 

  • To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to. 

  • To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold. 

  • To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for. 

  • To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain. 

noun
  • An actor playing a subordinate part with a star. 

  • Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold. 

  • Evidence. 

  • Something which supports. 

  • An accompaniment in music. 

  • Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature. 

  • Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. 

  • Financial or other help. 

  • A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero). 

  • in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set. 

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