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Truncate vs Condense - What's the difference?

truncate | condense |

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

Verb

(en-verb)
  • 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).
  • Synonyms

    * (mathematics) round down

    Adjective

    (-)
  • truncated
  • (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.
  • condense

    English

    Alternative forms

    * condence

    Verb

  • To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
  • An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
  • To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
  • * Milton
  • In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure.
  • * Motley
  • The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
  • (chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
  • Synonyms

    * (to decrease size or volume) minify

    Antonyms

    * extend * magnify

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
  • The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.
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