What is basic difference between Oscillations and Waves?

Question

[e-mail]

Answer 1

Oscillation is the periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure as seen, for example, in a swinging pendulum. The term vibration is sometimes used more narrowly to mean a mechanical oscillation but sometimes is used to be synonymous with oscillation.

As the number of degrees of freedom becomes indefinitely large, a system approaches continuity, for example, a string or the surface of a body of water. Such systems have an infinite number of normal modes and their oscillations occur in the form of waves that have the characteristic that they can propagate.
Waveform means the shape and form of a signal, such as a wave moving across the surface of water, or the vibration of a plucked string.

Answer 2

Waves propagates energy, but not matter. Usually it is sinusoidal or periodic in form. Periodic means it goes bask and forth at a particular time span. And sinusoidal is a periodic motion in the special form of a sine wave. Waves oscillates, but oscillate or oscillation does not waves. So this means wave is always a noun while oscillation is a noun taken from the root verb oscillates. So oscillation basically describe a particular motion or event. That is, to go back and forth. You can jump back and forth (oscillates), or a pendulum oscillates, or a clock hand oscilates without transporting energy as what waves do.

Answer 3

You mean like oscillation frequency and wavelength?
If that is what you mean, oscillation frequency is how many cycles of oscillation occur in one second (or in rare cases in one minute or hour [like a tsunami].
Wavelength is the distance taken up by one cycle.
If you meant something else, please express yourself completely and accurately (we're no better than computers).

Answer 4

Waves propagate