Factor vs. Aspect — What's the Difference?

A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result

A particular part or feature of something

A number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression

The positioning of a building or other structure in a particular direction

A level on a scale of measurement.

A category or form which expresses the way in which time is denoted by a verb

Any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.

(of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body)

An agent who buys and sells goods on commission

A way in which something can be viewed by the mind

Another term for factorize

A characteristic or feature of something

(of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor

A particular look or facial expression; mien

One that actively contributes to an accomplishment, result, or process

Appearance to the eye, especially from a specific vantage point

One who acts for someone else; an agent.

A position facing or commanding a given direction; exposure

One who purchases accounts receivable at a discount.

A side or surface facing in a particular direction

(Mathematics) One of two or more quantities that divides a given quantity without a remainder. For example, 2 and 3 are factors of 6; a and b are factors of ab.

The configuration of the stars, constellations, or planets in relation to one another.

A quantity by which a stated quantity is multiplied or divided, so as to indicate an increase or decrease in a measurement

This configuration, thought by astrologers to influence human affairs.

A gene. No longer in technical usage.

A property of verbs in which the action or state is related to the passage of time, especially in reference to completion, duration, or repetition.

(Physiology) A substance that functions in a specific biochemical reaction or bodily process, such as blood coagulation.

A set or category of verb forms indicating such a relation.

To determine or indicate explicitly the factors of

(Archaic) An act of looking or gazing.

To engage in purchasing accounts receivable at a discount.

Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

An agent or representative.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

(legal)

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.

A commission agent.

One's appearance or expression.

A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable.

Prospect; outlook.

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.

The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.

(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.

(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.

(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.

(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).

(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.

To be a product of other objects.

(rail) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.

To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.

To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker.

(Wicca) To channel a divine being.

A steward or bailiff of an estate.

(obsolete) To look at.

One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, form a product.

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent; a contributory cause.

Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.

To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

Anything that contributes causally to a result;

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.

An abstract part of something;

Prospect; outlook.

Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.

One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer;

The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.

A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

A view of a plane from a given direction, usually from above; more exactly, the manner of presentation of a plane to a fluid through which it is moving or to a current. If an immersed plane meets a current of fluid long side foremost, or in broadside aspect, it sustains more pressure than when placed short side foremost. Hence, long narrow wings are more effective than short broad ones of the same area.

An independent variable in statistics

To behold; to look at.

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity;

A distinct feature or element in a problem;

Resolve into factors;

A characteristic to be considered

The visual percept of a region;

The beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

The expression on a person's face;