From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.163.14 with SMTP id y14mr51221699qax.3.1374868594290; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:56:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.107.10 with SMTP id gy10mr18213igb.7.1374868594234; Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:56:34 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.ams3.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams2.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.11.MISMATCH!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!gh1no430089qab.0!news-out.google.com!dk8ni1421qab.0!nntp.google.com!cb17no379262qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:56:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=RxNzCgoAAACA5KmgtFQuaU-WaH7rjnAO NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 References: <1l6m1yt.qd2fq61ydg9trN%csampson@inetworld.net> <415580c1-2655-419a-b7dd-bce59d8801e5@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <6cb54fb2-188c-4471-9955-d2697ed43d9f@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Vocabulary matter: Component vs Element vs Item From: Adam Beneschan Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:56:34 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Received-Bytes: 1702 X-Original-Bytes: 1951 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:182691 Date: 2013-07-26T12:56:33-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, July 26, 2013 12:12:25 PM UTC-7, Hibou57 (Yannick Duch=EAne) wro= te: > > Looking it up in an (American) English dictionary, www.m-w.com: Both = =20 > > "component" and "element" seem to mainly refer to a "constituent part" = =20 > > of something else. >=20 > Merriam Webster seems to implies the same. Well, I should hope so, since m-w.com **is** Merriam-Webster :) :)=20 -- Adam