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Does a task contain actions to solve the task?
or
Does an action contain tasks to solve the action?

I am a programmer and would like to get the names for my class structure as much intuitive readable as possible. Unfortunately I am not a native English speaker so I cannot intuitivly decide how tasks and actions would be intuitivly hierarchicaly connected by a native English speaker.

Note on the given tag:
In German we would call this connection between the nouns "Oberbegriff" which is translated to "generic term". Unfortunately I cannot tag this question with the tag "generic-term". Because I cannot create a new tag (lack of reputation), I just give it the nearest possible tag which is "generic-noun-phrases", which might not be quite appropriate.

If something is unclear or if the question cannot be answered without getting into furious discussions, because the usage would be opinion based, please leave a comment stating your opinion on the issue ;)

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  • How are you using the words task and action? That is, in your context, what do those words refer to? – Lawrence Jun 11 '17 at 11:52
  • @Lawrence I am programming a point and click programming interface. That means you can "write" code by dragging and dropping code snippets. Currently I am using the word "task" where I would use a function in cpp and I use the word "action" where I would write something like a statement. So a task currently is a list of actions which are executed sequentially. The question is: Should an action rather be a list of tasks instead? – nuiun Jun 11 '17 at 12:01
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    It sounds like you've answered the question already :) . One task ('function') can contain multiple actions ('statements'), so tasks contain actions in the given context. – Lawrence Jun 11 '17 at 12:11
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It very much depends on how you are defining task and action which may be different in German, but usually

a task - something which needs to be done

will usually have

actions - steps to achieve success

For example, in a To Do List

task: Grocery shopping

action: buy bread
action: buy butter
action: buy milk

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