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Compilation vs Curation - What's the difference?

compilation | curation |

As nouns the difference between compilation and curation

is that compilation is (uncountable) the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while curation is the act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.

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

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    curation

    English

    (wikipedia curation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
  • The act of curing or healing.
  • (databases) The manual updating of information in a database.

    • Derived terms

    * curational

    Related terms

    * curator

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