Compute vs Solve - What's the difference?
compute | solve |
To reckon or calculate.
(informal) To make sense.
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
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, title= (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
(mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
As verbs the difference between compute and solve
is that compute is to reckon or calculate while solve is to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.As a noun solve is
a solution; an explanation.compute
English
Verb
(comput)- Can anyone here compute the square root of 10201?
- Does that compute , or do I need to explain further?
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English
Verb
(solv)- True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
- God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
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