Comments on: Two words I do not like https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=109 Musings of a Gentleman Scientist Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Anonymous https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=109#comment-4465 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-4465 John Biafore told me about his favorite example of ‘utilize’: In ‘The Sun Also Rises’, Bill says ‘utilize a little of this, brother’ when passing a bottle of wine. That usage doesn’t irritate me.

]]> By: Sunny Kalsi https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=109#comment-4601 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-4601 We use the word "methodology" in software engineering. For me at least it implies a higher level of abstraction.A "method" is a series of steps. Those steps are usually well defined.

"Methodology" is for things which are far more fuzzy. Like "a way of approaching the task" as opposed to"the steps to complete a task."

]]> By: Sunny Kalsi https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=109#comment-4602 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-4602 Oops, missed the most important thing. A "method" is also used as another word for functions in objects.

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