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Eradicate vs Speedup - What's the difference?

eradicate | speedup |

As a verb eradicate

is to pull up by the roots; to uproot.

As a noun speedup is

an amount or rate of decrease in time taken.

eradicate

English

Verb

(eradicat)
  • To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  • To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
    • Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

    Synonyms

    * (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot * (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate * See also

    Antonyms

    * radicate

    Related terms

    * eradicable * eradication * eradicative * radical * root

    External links

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    speedup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount or rate of decrease in time taken.
  • (chiefly, computing) The relationship between time taken and number of processors used.
  • (labor, politics) an employer's demand for more output without more pay
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