Copying vs Download - What's the difference?
copying | download |
(countable) an instance of the making of a copy
(uncountable) the practice of making one or more copies
A file transfer to the local computer, especially one in progress.
A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way.
To transfer (computer data, especially as one or more files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.
upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network.
to transfer a file to or from removable media.
to install software.
As verbs the difference between copying and download
is that copying is present participle of lang=en while download is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To transfer (computer data, especially as one or more files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.As nouns the difference between copying and download
is that copying is an instance of the making of a copy while download is a file transfer to the local computer, especially one in progress.copying
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Verb
(head)Noun
download
English
(Download)Noun
(en noun)- The download took longer than I expected.
- I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.
Derived terms
* DL , dl , (abbreviation)Antonyms
* uploadVerb
(en verb)- You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.
- I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM