For reasonable functions f:R->R, yes, the gradient of the graph of the function is the value of the derivative at that point. But "Gradient" is a term that's u

For reasonable functions f:R->R, yes, the gradient of the graph of the function is the value of the derivative at that point. But "Gradient" is a term that's used in wider contexts, so the real answer is "it depends". But I've had a look at this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient And that really does say that the "Gradient" is basically the derivative, suitably generalised for larger dimensions.