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Sparse vs Sparsify - What's the difference?

sparse | sparsify |

As verbs the difference between sparse and sparsify

is that sparse is (obsolete) to scatter; to disperse while sparsify is (mathematics|of a matrix) to make sparse.

As an adjective sparse

is having widely spaced intervals.

sparse

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having widely spaced intervals.
  • Not dense; meager.

    • Related terms

    * thin out

    Derived terms

    * sparse array * sparse index * sparse matrix

    Verb

    (spars)
  • (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
    • (Spenser)

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    sparsify

    English

    Verb

  • (mathematics, of a matrix) To make sparse