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Compt vs Compo - What's the difference?

compt | compo |

As nouns the difference between compt and compo

is that compt is (obsolete) account; reckoning; computation while compo is .

As an adjective compt

is (obsolete) neat; spruce.

As a verb compt

is (obsolete) to compute; to count.

compt

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) comptus, past participle of (comere) to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) neat; spruce
    • (Cotgrave)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) compte.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) account; reckoning; computation
  • *{{quote-book, year=1608, author=William Shakespeare, title=Macbeth, chapter=, edition=, url=
    • , passage=Your servants ever have theirs,/Themselves and what is theirs, in compt , /To make their audit at your highness' pleasure, /Still to return your own. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To compute; to count.
    • (Webster 1913)

    compo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Derived terms

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