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Compaction vs Compactional - What's the difference?

compaction | compactional |

As a noun compaction

is the process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.

As an adjective compactional is

of, pertaining to, or causing compaction.

compaction

English

(wikipedia compaction)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
  • *2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
  • *:At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.

    • compactional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or causing compaction