Modify vs Interpolate - What's the difference?
modify | interpolate |
To make partial changes to.
To be or become modified.
(intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert words into a text.
(mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
(computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
* , Nroff/Troff User's manual
* , 3rd Edition, 2000, p. 992.
As verbs the difference between modify and interpolate
is that modify is to make partial changes to while interpolate is (intransitive) to introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert words into a text.modify
English
Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* adapt, alter, amend, revamp, reworkReferences
* *interpolate
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(Interpolation)Verb
(interpolat)- in verse 74, the second line is clearly interpolated
- A macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .'''xx'' will '''interpolate the contents of macro ''xx .
- In Perl, variable interpolation' happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list '''interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a
''LIST.