Implode vs Implore - What's the difference?
implode | implore |
To collapse or burst inward violently.
(computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
* 1992 , "Steve Tibbett", PKZIP Implode compression/decompression.'' (on newsgroup ''comp.compression )
To beg urgently or earnestly.
* Shakespeare
To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
* Alexander Pope
As verbs the difference between implode and implore
is that implode is to collapse or burst inward violently while implore is .implode
English
Verb
(implod)- I'm looking for some code that will implode data using the PKZIP method.. and explode it. PKWare sells an object that you can link with that does the job, and we have licensed this, but we are now writing 32 bit code for MS-DOS and the PKWare stuff won't work
Antonyms
* (collapse) explode * (compress data) explodeimplore
English
Verb
(implor)- I kneel, and then implore her blessing.
- Imploring all the gods that reign above.