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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between compact and press

is that compact is (obsolete) composed or made; with of while press is (obsolete) to print.

In lang=en terms the difference between compact and press

is that compact is to make more dense; to compress while press is to lay stress upon, emphasize.

As nouns the difference between compact and press

is that compact is an agreement or contract or compact can be a small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket while press is (lb) a device used to apply pressure to an item.

As verbs the difference between compact and press

is that compact is to make more dense; to compress while press is (ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight.

As an adjective compact

is closely packed, ie packing much in a small space.

compact

English

(wikipedia compact)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An agreement or contract.
    • Synonyms
    * agreement, contract, pact, treaty

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
  • * Isaac Newton
    • glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies
  • Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
    • a compact laptop computer
  • (mathematics, uncomparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
    • A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S.
  • (topology, uncomparable, of a set) Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.
  • Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.
    • a compact discourse
  • (obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • compact with her that's gone
  • * Peacham
    • a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together
  • (obsolete) Composed or made; with of .
  • * Milton
    • A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapour.
    Synonyms
    * (closely packed) concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tight
    Derived terms
    * compact car * compact disc * locally compact

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into ones pocket.
  • A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.
  • * 2012 , BBC News: Dundee Courier makes move to compact [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16576612]:
    • The Dundee Courier has announced the newspaper will be relaunching as a compact later this week. Editor Richard Neville said a "brighter, bolder" paper would appear from Saturday, shrunk from broadsheet to tabloid size.

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make more dense; to compress.
  • * '>citation
  • To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
  • * Bible, Eph. iv. 16
    • The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.
    Synonyms
    * (make more dense) compress, condense

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    press

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ).

    Noun

  • (lb) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
  • :
  • #(lb) A printing machine.
  • #:
  • (lb) A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
  • :
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press , the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
    • , title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.}}
  • (lb) A publisher.
  • (lb) (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
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  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ.
  • An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
  • *1974 , Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding , p.22:
  • *:This is the fourth set of benchpresses. There will be five more; then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench.
  • An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
  • :
  • (lb) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
  • :
  • A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:I have misused the king's press .
    • Synonyms
    * (storage space) closet, cupboard, wardrobe (British ) * (printing machine) printing press
    Derived terms
    * alternative press * bench press * fruit press * press cake * press gang * press-mark * press officer * press secretary * shoulder press * trouser press

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (ambitransitive) to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight
  • to compress, squeeze
    • to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
  • to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
    • She took her son, and press'd
    The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast'' (''Dryden , Illiad, VI. 178.)
  • to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
    • to press cloth with an iron
    to press a hat
  • (sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
  • to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
    • to press a crowd back
  • (obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
    • He turns from us;
    Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him
    He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted.'' (''Fletcher , Pilgrim, I. 2.)
  • to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
  • *
    • The two gentlemen who conducted me to the island were pressed by their private affairs to return in three days.
  • To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
    • to press the Bible on an audience
  • * Dryden
    • He pressed a letter upon me within this hour.
  • * Addison
    • Be sure to press upon him every motive.
  • to hasten, urge onward
    • to press a horse in a race
  • to urge, beseech, entreat
    • God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.'' (''Winthrop , Hist. New England, II. 35)
  • to lay stress upon, emphasize
    • If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not.'' (''M. Arnold , Literature and Dogma, Pref.)
  • (ambitransitive) to throng, crowd
  • (obsolete) to print
  • To force into service, particularly into naval service.
  • * Dryden
    • To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed .
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "press")
    Synonyms
    * *
    Derived terms
    * press charges * press on

    See also

    * hot press (baking, laundry) * hot off the press (printing) * press down

    References

    * Entry for the imperfect and past participle in Webster's dictionary * *

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----