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Compilation vs Assortment - What's the difference?

compilation | assortment | Synonyms |

Compilation is a synonym of assortment.


As nouns the difference between compilation and assortment

is that compilation is (uncountable) the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while assortment is a collection of varying but related items.

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

    *

    assortment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection of varying but related items.
    • This box has an assortment of chocolates, there's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

    Synonyms

    * diversity, Whitman's sampler * See also