run
and execute
have similar meaning when talking about a program, like we can say
run this program
or
execute your program
, but I'm not sure if they are the same.
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and execute
have similar meaning when talking about a program, like we can say
run this program
or
execute your program
, but I'm not sure if they are the same.
They are the same.
One difference is, it's (in my experience) much less common to see execute used intransitively than it is to see run used intransitively.
So
The program is running
is fairly common, but
(*) The program is executing
is fairly rare (and would probably come across as simply wrong to some people).