Difference between Order and Ordinate

What is the difference between Order and Ordinate?

Order as a noun is arrangement, disposition, sequence. while Ordinate as a noun is the value of a coordinate on the vertical (y) axis

Order

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Arrangement, disposition, sequence. The state of being well arranged. A command. A request for some product or service. A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles; as, the Jesuit Order. A society of knights; as, the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath. A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon at that rank The sequence in which a side's batsmen bat; the batting order. a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit's block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products. The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure. The number of vertices in a graph A partially ordered set.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To set in (any) order (1). To set in (a good) order (2). To issue a command. To request some product or service.

Example sentence: Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Ordinate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishopto align a series of objects

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: arranged regularly in rows

We hope you now know whether to use Order or Ordinate in your sentence.

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