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Compiler vs Metacommand - What's the difference?

compiler | metacommand |

As nouns the difference between compiler and metacommand

is that compiler is a compiler, computer program to translate between machine code and a readable program while metacommand is (computing) a command that is not part of the language being written but serves as a directive to the interpreter or compiler.

compiler

English

(wikipedia compiler)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who compiles.
    • a compiler of poetry anthologies
    my favourite crossword compiler
  • (computing) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

    • Descendants

    * Serbo-Croatian: ----

    metacommand

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A command that is not part of the language being written but serves as a directive to the interpreter or compiler.