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Compilation vs Assembling - What's the difference?

compilation | assembling |

As nouns the difference between compilation and assembling

is that compilation is (uncountable) the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while assembling is a gathering or assembly.

As a verb assembling is

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compilation

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
  • (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
  • (uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

    • Synonyms

    * (the act or process of compiling) compilement * (something compiled) * (source code translation into object code)

    See also

    *

    assembling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • :She worked all night assembling the bicycle, but she succeeded.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gathering or assembly.
  • * 1824 , Thomas Stackhouse, An epitome of the history, laws, and religion of Greece (page 281)
    • This may perhaps be carried back to a more remote period than that in which the Persians invaded Greece, and may be traced to the annual assemblings of the people to sacrifice, at the graves of their departed friends

    Synonyms

    * assemblage