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Compress vs Store - What's the difference?

compress | store |


As verbs the difference between compress and store

is that compress is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume while store is .

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

Compass vs Compress - What's the difference?

compass | compress |


In obsolete terms the difference between compass and compress

is that compass is in a circuit; round about while compress is to embrace sexually.

As an adverb compass

is in a circuit; round about.

Compress vs Subcompressed - What's the difference?

compress | subcompressed |


As a verb compress

is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

As an adjective subcompressed is

not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Compress vs Overcompress - What's the difference?

compress | overcompress |


In lang=en terms the difference between compress and overcompress

is that compress is to abridge while overcompress is to compress too much.

As verbs the difference between compress and overcompress

is that compress is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume while overcompress is to compress too much.

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

Compress vs Gzip - What's the difference?

compress | gzip |


As verbs the difference between compress and gzip

is that compress is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume while gzip is (computing) to compress using the (gzip) program.

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

Compress vs Compinge - What's the difference?

compress | compinge |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between compress and compinge

is that compress is (obsolete) to embrace sexually while compinge is (obsolete) to compress; to shut up.

As verbs the difference between compress and compinge

is that compress is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume while compinge is (obsolete) to compress; to shut up.

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

Compress vs Unzipper - What's the difference?

compress | unzipper |


In lang=en terms the difference between compress and unzipper

is that compress is to abridge while unzipper is to unzip.

As verbs the difference between compress and unzipper

is that compress is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume while unzipper is to unzip.

As nouns the difference between compress and unzipper

is that compress is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury while unzipper is (computing) a program that extracts files from compressed archives.

Compress vs Constringent - What's the difference?

compress | constringent |


As a verb compress

is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

As an adjective constringent is

having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.

Compress vs Pressboard - What's the difference?

compress | pressboard |


As nouns the difference between compress and pressboard

is that compress is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury while pressboard is a board made by compressing layers of paper together and drying them.

As a verb compress

is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

Compress vs Supercompress - What's the difference?

compress | supercompress |


As verbs the difference between compress and supercompress

is that compress is to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume while supercompress is to compress to a great extent.

As a noun compress

is a multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc, used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

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