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Chunk vs Swatch - What's the difference?

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Chunk is a related term of swatch.


As nouns the difference between chunk and swatch

is that chunk is a part of something that has been separated while swatch is a piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.

As verbs the difference between chunk and swatch

is that chunk is to break into large pieces or chunks while swatch is to create a swatch.

chunk

English

(wikipedia chunk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A part of something that has been separated.
    • The statue broke into chunks .
  • *
  • A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.
    • A chunk of granite .
  • (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • * 1994 , Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
    • The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

    See also

    * piece * bit * lump * chuck * hunk

    External links

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break into large pieces or chunks.
  • (slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.

    • swatch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
    • He held a swatch of the wallpaper up to see if the colors would match the room.

    Verb

  • To create a swatch.
    • Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.