Calculation vs Compute - What's the difference?
calculation | compute |
(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
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(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
To reckon or calculate.
(informal) To make sense.
As a noun calculation
is (mathematics|uncountable) the act or process of calculating.As a verb compute is
.calculation
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Noun
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- By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
Synonyms
* (act or process of calculating) calculating]], computation, [[compute, computing, reckoning (old ) * (Result of calculation) sum * (estimate) estimate, guess, reckoning, measurementAnagrams
*compute
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Verb
(comput)- Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
- Does that compute , or do I need to explain further?
