Method vs. Way的用法及分別？

其實 METHOD 和 WAY 的分別不在於處事方法和路線的分別。兩個都可指方法，
不過 METHOD 是有部驟，是成個過程一步步講解。比起 WAY 要詳盡仔細得多。
相對，WAY 是一個好壟統的字。所以，有些書用 METHODS，有些書用 WAYS做書名，
裏面寫的方法也很不同。METHODS 是像做實驗一步步的講，而 WAYS 則自由發揮，
隨時風花說月講題外話。

examples

Methods for how to purify
fresh tap water before using it in saltwater aquarium systems to avoid
the potenial problems that can arise from doing so.
saltaquarium.about.com/cs/dirosetup/a/aa062498.htm - 30k -

Research Methods. Ways of Knowing. (Return to the Research Methods page) ... A Priori Method
or Logic, People will not knowingly ingest poisons. People know that
tobacco contains nicotine, which is a poison. Therefore, they will not ...
www.ithaca.edu/beins/methods/materials/knowing.htm - 4k


下面是字典解釋。


Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr.
meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after +
"odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of
teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
--Addison.

2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.

Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.

All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.

from dict.die.net
Hamilton.


meth·od
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d)n.1. A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something: a simple method for making a pie crust; mediation as a method of solving disputes. See Usage Note at methodology.2. Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end: random efforts that lack method.3. The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge: This field course gives an overview of archaeological method.4. Method A technique of acting in which the actor recalls emotions and reactions from past experience and uses them in identifying with and individualizing the character being portrayed.

synonyms: method, system, routine, manner, mode, fashion, way

Way is the least specific of these terms.

the free dict

Method -
偏向於實物處事方法
e.g.cooking methods,calculating methods,cleaning methods,writing methods,drawing methods

Ways -偏向於路綫
e.g.travelling ways,walking way

What is the method to do it?
What is the way to do it ?

How is the method to go to Tsimshatsui ?
Answer: by train

Which is the way to go to Tsimshatsui ?
Answer : through Nathan Road