Does a closure or operation take up an entire thread, whether or not the closure or operation is being executed at the time?

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Is a thread capable of holding only one task at a time, whether the thread is currently being executed by the processor or core math the moment? In the case of GCD, does the closure make use of the entire thread at a time, and in the case of Operations, does the Operation object take up the entire thread at a time?