Truncate vs Condense - What's the difference?
truncate | condense |
To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
(mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
(geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
truncated
(botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.
To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
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* Motley
(chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
Condense is a synonym of truncate.
As verbs the difference between truncate and condense
is that truncate is to shorten something as if by cutting off part of it while condense is to decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.As adjectives the difference between truncate and condense
is that truncate is truncated while condense is condensed; compact; dense.truncate
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(wikipedia truncate)Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* (mathematics) round downAdjective
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* * ----condense
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Alternative forms
* condenceVerb
- An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
- Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
- In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
- The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
Synonyms
* (to decrease size or volume) minifyAntonyms
* extend * magnifyAdjective
(en adjective)- The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.