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Extent vs Supercompress - What's the difference?

extent | supercompress |

As a noun extent

is a range of values or locations.

As an adjective extent

is (obsolete) extended.

As a verb supercompress is

to compress to a great extent.

extent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A range of values or locations.
  • The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
    • The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
  • * '>citation
  • (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

    • See also

    * scope * ("extent" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Extended.
    • (Spenser)
    ----

    supercompress

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To compress to a great extent.
  • * 1932 , Scientific American?
    • The principle followed by the designers of this engine is to supercompress and supercharge at ground level to the limit...
  • * 2001 , H X Mel, Doris M Baker, Cryptography decrypted?
    • Message digest methods supercompress messages so that encryption and decryption operate on less data and, therefore, take less time.
  • * 2004 , Keith N Ferreira, Simpletism?
    • It might be possible for desktop technosynergic computers to supercompress an infinite number of calculations through synergic computing.