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Catalogue vs Collate - What's the difference?

catalogue | collate |

As verbs the difference between catalogue and collate

is that catalogue is while collate is to examine diverse documents et cetera to discover similarities and differences.

catalogue

English

Alternative forms

* catalog

Noun

(en noun)
  • A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.}}
  • A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
  • A list of all the publications in a library.
  • (US) A university calendar.
  • (computing, dated) A directory listing.
  • * 1983 , Helpline'' (in ''Sinclair User issue 21)
    • The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.
  • * 2003 , "Brotha G", Repairing Microdrive Cartridges'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.sinclair )
    • It has two extra options using extended syntax. CAT - an extended catalogue but not as detailed as some I've seen. ( The reason that the Spectrum CAT command is restricted is that it cleverly uses the 512 bytes data buffer of the microdrive channel to sort the filenames - hence the limit of 50 ten-character filenames )

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (catalogu)
  • To put into a catalogue.
  • To make a catalogue of.
  • To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.

    • Related terms

    * cataloguer * cataloguise * cataloguing *

    Anagrams

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    collate

    English

    Verb

    (collat)
  • To examine diverse documents et cetera to discover similarities and differences.
    • The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.
  • * Coleridge
    • I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew.
  • To assemble something in a logical sequence.
  • * 1922 , , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 101
    • Detest your own age. Build a better one. And to set that on foot read incredibly dull essays upon Marlowe to your friends. For which purpose one must collate editions in the British Museum.
  • To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
    • Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.
  • (obsolete) To bestow or confer.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • (Christianity) To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to .

    • Related terms

    * collation * collator * decollate * decollator