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Amalgamated vs Compiled - What's the difference?

amalgamated | compiled |

As verbs the difference between amalgamated and compiled

is that amalgamated is past tense of amalgamate while compiled is past tense of compile.

As an adjective amalgamated

is combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities.

amalgamated

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (amalgamate)

    • compiled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (compile)

    • Anagrams

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    compile

    English

    Verb

    (compil)
  • To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
    • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
  • (obsolete) To construct, build.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
    • Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin [...].
  • (computing) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
    • After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.
  • (computing) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
    • There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile .
  • (obsolete) To contain or comprise.
  • * Spenser
    • Which these six books compile .
  • (obsolete) To write; to compose.

    • Derived terms

    * compiler, compilator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) An act of compiling code.
  • * 1985 , Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing
    • ...programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
  • * 2007 , Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual
    • Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile .

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