Do You Say Method or Methodology?

mike65

As we don't have a board for language/culture(s) I'll post this here.

In recent times the word method seems to have been pushed aside by methodology.

Which do you say and do you know why?

Mike.

azezil

I say both, depending on the situation.

e.g. asking someone how they did something, I'd say "what method did you use", but if talking about a method in more general terms i'd say methodology.

Puck

It depends on what I'm talking about really.
I say "method" most though because I'm a programmer.

po0k

Method

potlatch

meth·od Pronunciation Key (mthd)
n.
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.
Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end: random efforts that lack method.
The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge: This field course gives an overview of archaeological method.
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.

meth·od·ol·o·gy Pronunciation Key (mth-dl-j)
n. pl. meth·od·ol·o·gies

A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods: the methodology of genetic studies; a poll marred by faulty methodology.
The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.
The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.
Usage Problem. Means, technique, or procedure; method.