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Decomposition vs Disassembly - What's the difference?

decomposition | disassembly |

As nouns the difference between decomposition and disassembly

is that decomposition is decomposition while disassembly is the process of disassembling.

decomposition

English

(wikipedia decomposition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
  • The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
  • The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts

    • Related terms

    * decompose

    disassembly

    English

    Noun

    (disassemblies)
  • The process of disassembling.
  • (computing) The code generated by a disassembler.

    • Derived terms

    * disassembly line

    References

    * OED2