Difference between Functional and Structural

What is the difference between Functional and Structural?

Functional as an adjective is in good working order. while Structural as an adjective is of, relating to, or having structure

Functional

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function y=f(x) whose argument x varies in a space of (real valued, complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example: the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In good working order. Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function Only for fuctional purposes, notably in architecture Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects. Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

Example sentence: 'Jurassic World' takes place in a fully functional park on Isla Nublar. It sees more than 20,000 visitors every day. You arrive by ferry from Costa Rica. It has elements of a biological preserve, a safari, a zoo, and a theme park. There is a luxury resort with hotels, restaurants, nightlife and a golf course. And there are dinosaurs.

Structural

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, relating to, or having structureused in building

Example sentence: To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.

We hope you now know whether to use Functional or Structural in your sentence.

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