Truncate vs Expurgate - What's the difference?
truncate | expurgate |
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 edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, CD or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
As verbs the difference between truncate and expurgate
is that truncate is to shorten something as if by cutting off part of it while expurgate is to edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information from a book, cd or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.As an adjective truncate
is truncated.truncate
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(wikipedia truncate)Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* (mathematics) round downAdjective
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* * ----expurgate
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Verb
- The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.