Compact vs Squeezed - What's the difference?
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Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.
* Isaac Newton
Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.
(mathematics, uncomparable, of a set in an Euclidean space) Closed and bounded.
(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.
(obsolete) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.
* Shakespeare
* Peacham
(obsolete) Composed or made; with of .
* Milton
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]:
To make more dense; to compress.
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To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
* Bible, Eph. iv. 16
(squeeze)
To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place
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To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty
To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices
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(figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
* L'Estrange
(baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting
A difficult position
A traversal of a narrow passage
A hug or other affectionate grasp
(slang) A romantic partner
(baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third
(epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
(card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
(archaic) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China.
Compact is a related term of squeezed.
As verbs the difference between compact and squeezed
is that compact is to make more dense; to compress while squeezed is (squeeze).As a noun 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.As an adjective compact
is closely packed, ie packing much in a small space.compact
English
(wikipedia compact)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Synonyms
* agreement, contract, pact, treatyEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies
- a compact laptop computer
- 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.
- a compact discourse
- compact with her that's gone
- a pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together
- A wandering fire, / Compact of unctuous vapour.
Synonyms
* (closely packed) concentrated, dense, serried, solid, thick, tightDerived terms
* compact car * compact disc * locally compactNoun
(en noun)- 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)- The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth.
Synonyms
* (make more dense) compress, condenseAnagrams
* English heteronyms ----squeezed
English
Verb
(head)squeeze
English
Verb
(squeez)- I squeezed the ball between my hands.
- Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.
- "Over there—by the rock," Steele muttered, with his brush between his teeth, squeezing out raw sienna, and keeping his eyes fixed on Betty Flanders's back.
- I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.
- Can you squeeze through that gap?
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- Could he not squeeze under the seat of a carriage? He had seen this method adopted by schoolboys, when the journey- money provided by thoughtful parents had been diverted to other and better ends.
- He squeezed some money out of his wallet.
- I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.
British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.
- In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden.
- Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.
Derived terms
(terms derived from the verb "squeeze") * squeezable * squeezebox * squeeze in * squeeze out * squeezer * squeezy * unsqueezeNoun
(en noun)- I'm in a tight squeeze right now when it comes to my free time.
- It was a tight squeeze , but I got through to the next section of the cave.
- a gentle squeeze on the arm
- I want to be your main squeeze
- The game ended in exciting fashion with a failed squeeze .
- The light not being good enough for photography, I took a squeeze of the stone.
