As nouns the difference between compilation and selection
is that compilation is the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while selection is the process or act of selecting.
compilation
English
Noun
(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
(uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
Synonyms
* (the act or process of compiling) compilement
* (something compiled)
* (source code translation into object code)
See also
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selection
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The process or act of .
- The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
Something selected.
- My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.
A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
A musical piece.
- For my next selection , I'll play ''Happy Birthday'' in F-sharp minor.
Derived terms
* ambidirectional selection
* apostatic selection
* artificial selection
* asexual selection
* background selection
* balancing selection
* compatibility selection
* counterselection
* deme selection
* demic selection
* directional selection
* disruptive selection
* diversifying selection
* ecological selection
* environmental selection
* eugenic selection
* fecundity selection
* frequency-dependent selection
* gametic selection
* gene selection
* genetic selection
* genic selection
* group selection
* hierarchical selection
* higher-level selection
* individual selection
* inevitable selection
* interdeme selection
* interdemic selection
* intersexual selection
* interspecies selection
* intrademe selection
* intrademic selection
* intrasexual selection
* intraspecies selection
* kin selection
* lower-level selection
* multilevel selection (MLS)
* natural selection
* natural selectional
* natural selectionary
* negative selection
* organismal selection
* organismic selection
* panselection
* panselectionism
* panselectionist
* positive selection
* purified selection
* purifying selection
* selectional
* selectionary
* selectionism
* selectionist
* selection rule
* sexual selection
* simultaneous selection
* species selection
* stabilising selection, stabilizing selection
* strong selection
* supraorgamismal selection
* survival selection
* theory of natural selection
* unit of selection
* viability selection
* weak selection
Related terms
* elect
* election
* elective
* elite,
* elitism,
* elitist,
* panselective
* panselectivist
* select
* selectable
* selectability
* selectance
* selectee
* selective
* selectively
* selectiveness
* selectivity
* selectly
* selectman
* selectness
* selector
Synonyms
* choice
* (musical piece) number
* (something selected) option
* (musical piece) piece
* (variety from larger collection) subset
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