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Editor vs Compiler - What's the difference?

editor | compiler |

As nouns the difference between editor and compiler

is that editor is a person who edits or makes changes to documents while compiler is one who compiles.

editor

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
  • A copy editor.
  • A person who edited a specific document.
  • * John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
  • A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
  • * John is the city editor at the ''Daily Times''.
  • A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
  • (computer software) A program for creating]] and [[make, making changes to files, especially text files.
  • * The TPU EVE editor''' is an excellent, extensible, programmable '''editor .
  • (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

    • Derived terms

    * copy editor * flatbed editor * editorial * editorializing * * editor-in-chief * edit

    Anagrams

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    References

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    compiler

    English

    (wikipedia compiler)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who compiles.
    • a compiler of poetry anthologies
    my favourite crossword compiler
  • (computing) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

    • Descendants

    * Serbo-Croatian: ----