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Bottleneck vs Debottleneck - What's the difference?

bottleneck | debottleneck |

In transitive terms the difference between bottleneck and debottleneck

is that bottleneck is to slow by causing a bottleneck while debottleneck is to free from bottlenecks.

As a noun bottleneck

is the narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

bottleneck

Noun

(en noun)
  • The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
  • In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
  • Any delay; part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
  • It is easy to create entries; processing the paperwork is the bottleneck .
    The bottleneck in this computer program is the inefficient sorting process; we should replace it with a faster one.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slow by causing a bottleneck.
  • The merge bottlenecked the traffic every morning.
  • To form a bottleneck.
  • The traffic bottlenecked at the merge every morning.

    debottleneck

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To free from bottlenecks.