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Disassemble vs Teardown - What's the difference?

disassemble | teardown |

As a verb disassemble

is to take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

As a noun teardown is

a well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.

disassemble

English

Verb

  • To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
    • To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
  • (computing) To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.

    • Related terms

    * assembly * disassembly * disassembler

    teardown

    English

    Alternative forms

    tear-down

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 5, author=Ernest Beck, title=Striped With Light, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.}}

    Antonyms

    * buildup

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