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Compilation vs Completion - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between compilation and completion

is that compilation is the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while completion is the act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.

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

    *

    completion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
  • (label) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
  • (label) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
  • (label) The space resulting from such an act.
  • Synonyms

    * (state of being complete) completeness

    Antonyms

    * (state of being or making complete) incompletion * termination