Action vs. Task
Difference Between Action and Task
Actionnoun
The state or process of acting or doing
The medical team went into action.Tasknoun
A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
Actionnoun
Something that is done or accomplished; a deed. See Usage Note at act.
Tasknoun
A difficult or tedious undertaking
Finding qualified people to fill these specialized roles was a real task.Actionnoun
Organized activity to accomplish an objective
a problem requiring drastic action.Tasknoun
A function to be performed; an objective
It is our task to renew consumer confidence.Actionnoun
The causation of change by the exertion of power or a natural process
the action of waves on a beach.the action of a drug on blood pressure.Taskverb
To assign a task to or impose a task on
The agency was tasked with creating an advertising campaign.Actionnoun
Habitual or vigorous activity; energy
a woman of action.Taskverb
(Archaic) To subject to strain or hardship
"The Professor's household was a modest one, and yet it tasked his ideas to keep it up to his wife's standard" (Edith Wharton).Actionnoun
often actions Behavior or conduct.
Tasknoun
A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
Actionnoun
(Law) A proceeding brought before a court to obtain relief; a lawsuit.
Tasknoun
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
Actionnoun
Armed encounter; combat
missing in action.Tasknoun
An objective.
Actionnoun
An engagement between troops or ships
fought a rear-guard action.Tasknoun
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
Actionnoun
The most important or exciting work or activity in a specific field or area
always heads for where the action is.Taskverb
(transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.Actionnoun
A movement or a series of movements, as of an actor.
Taskverb
(transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Actionnoun
Manner of movement
a horse with fine action.Taskverb
(transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
Actionnoun
The appearance of animation of a figure in painting or sculpture.
Tasknoun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;
he prepared for great undertakingsActionnoun
The series of events and episodes that form the plot of a story or play
The action of the novel takes place over 40 years in the South.Tasknoun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee;
estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollarsthe job of repairing the engine took several hoursthe endless task of classifying the samplesthe farmer's morning choresActionnoun
A series or number of fast-moving, exciting, or dangerous events, especially in a movie
liked the film because there was so much action.Taskverb
assign a task to;
I tasked him with looking after the childrenActionnoun
The operating parts of a mechanism.
Taskverb
use to the limit;
you are taxing my patienceActionnoun
The manner in which such parts operate.
Actionnoun
The manner in which a musical instrument can be played; playability
a piano with quick action.Actionnoun
Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
Actionnoun
A way of motion or functioning.
Knead bread with a rocking action.Actionnoun
Fast-paced activity.
a movie full of exciting actionActionnoun
A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
a rifle actionActionnoun
(music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
Actionnoun
(slang) sexual intercourse.
She gave him some action.Actionnoun
The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
Actionnoun
(military) Combat.
He saw some action in the Korean War.Actionnoun
(legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
Actionnoun
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
Actionnoun
(physics) The product of energy and time, esp. the product of the Lagrangian and time.
Actionnoun
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
Actionnoun
The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
Actionnoun
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
Actionnoun
A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
Actioninterjection
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
The director yelled ‘Action!’ before the camera started rolling.Actionverb
To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
Actionverb
To initiate a legal action against someone.
Actionnoun
something done (usually as opposed to something said);
there were stories of murders and other unnatural actionsActionnoun
the state of being active;
his sphere of activityhe is out of actionActionnoun
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
Actionnoun
an act by a government body or supranational organization;
recent federal action undermined the segregationist positionthe United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issuesthe Union action of emancipating Southern slavesActionnoun
a military engagement;
he saw action in KoreaActionnoun
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings);
the action of natural forcesvolcanic activityActionnoun
the series of events that form a plot;
his novels always have a lot of actionActionnoun
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism;
the piano had a very stiff actionActionnoun
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful;
a man of actionActionnoun
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field;
the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bondsgawkers always try to get as close to the action as possibleActionverb
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;
He was warned that the district attorney would process himShe actioned the company for discriminationActionverb
put in effect;
carry out a taskexecute the decision of the peopleHe actioned the operation
