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Decompressed vs Decompresses - What's the difference?

decompressed | decompresses |

As verbs the difference between decompressed and decompresses

is that decompressed is past tense of decompress while decompresses is third-person singular of decompress.

decompressed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (decompress)

  • decompress

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
  • To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
  • (computing) To restore compressed data to its normal size.
  • To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
  • (informal) To relax.
  • Derived terms

    * decompression

    Anagrams

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    decompresses

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (decompress)