As verbs the difference between compiling and collecting
is that
compiling is while
collecting is .
As a noun collecting is
a hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
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collecting Noun
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
* 2009 , Melissa A Hardy, ?Alan Bryman, Handbook of Data Analysis (page 568)
- The task of data gathering is not a random walk, a sensual search, or the bemused collectings of a beachcomber.
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