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Diff vs Engine - What's the difference?

diff | engine |

In computing|lang=en terms the difference between diff and engine

is that diff is (computing) a program, historically part of the unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them while engine is (computing) a software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).

As nouns the difference between diff and engine

is that diff is (slang) while engine is (obsolete) ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

As verbs the difference between diff and engine

is that diff is (computing) to run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file while engine is (obsolete) to assault with an engine.

As a proper noun diff

is (computing) a program, historically part of the unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.

diff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang)
    • A peach and an apricot? What's the diff ?
  • (computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
  • (computing) The output of a diff program. A diff file.
  • * 2004 , , Great Hackers , Essay:
    • I didn't want to waste people's time telling them things they already knew. It's more efficient just to give them the diffs .
  • (medicine) : differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
  • (slang)
  • (rock climbing) A difficult route.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
  • (computing) To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A program, historically part of the Unix operating system, which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.

    • See also

    * (computing ) patch

    Related terms

    * (computing ) diff file

    engine

    English

    (wikipedia engine) (Engines)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
  • (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , II.i:
    • Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, / Against his praise to stirre vp enmitye [...].
  • (obsolete) Natural talent; genius.
  • Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
  • * Bunyan
    • You see the ways the fisherman doth take / To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
  • * Shakespeare
    • Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust.
  • A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
  • * 1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
    • Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitching Engine , they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...].
  • A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
  • A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
  • The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
  • A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.
  • (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
    • a graphics engine'''; a physics '''engine

    Synonyms

    * motor

    Derived terms

    * aero engine * aircraft engine * diesel engine * engine driver * engine trouble * engineer * fire engine * four-stroke engine * jet engine * marine engine * search engine * steam engine * tank engine * two-stroke engine

    Related terms

    * genius * ingenious * ingeniosity

    Verb

    (engin)
  • (obsolete) To assault with an engine.
  • * (rfdate) T. Adams.
    • To engine and batter our walls.
  • (dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
    • Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
  • (obsolete) To rack; to torture.
    • (Chaucer)

    External links

    * * English refractory feminine rhymes