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Compiled vs Composed - What's the difference?

compiled | composed |

As verbs the difference between compiled and composed

is that compiled is past tense of compile while composed is past tense of compose.

As an adjective composed is

showing composure.

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 .

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs ----

    composed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • showing composure.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Milner and Theo Walcott failed to justify their selection ahead of Aston Villa's Young as they struggled ineffectually in the first half, leaving striker Bent isolated and starved of supply as Switzerland looked the more composed and ordered team.}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (compose)