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Collate vs Collocate - What's the difference?

collate | collocate |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between collate and collocate

is that collate is (obsolete) to bestow or confer while collocate is (obsolete) set; placed.

As verbs the difference between collate and collocate

is that collate is to examine diverse documents et cetera to discover similarities and differences while collocate is (linguistics|translation studies) (said of certain words) to be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong'' collocates with ''tea .

As a noun collocate is

(linguistics) a component word of a collocation.

As an adjective collocate is

(obsolete) set; placed.

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

    collocate

    English

    Verb

    (collocat)
  • (linguistics, translation studies) (said of certain words) To be often used together, form a collocation; for example strong'' collocates with ''tea .
  • To arrange or occur side by side. (rfex)
  • (obsolete) To set or place; to station.
  • * E. Hall
    • to marshal and collocate in order his battalions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A component word of a collocation.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Set; placed.
    • (Francis Bacon)
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