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Truncation vs Chopping - What's the difference?

truncation | chopping |

As nouns the difference between truncation and chopping

is that truncation is the act of truncating or shortening (in all senses) while chopping is the action by which something is chopped.

As a verb chopping is

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As an adjective chopping is

shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.

truncation

English

(wikipedia truncation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
  • (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
  • (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)

    • Related terms

    * truncate

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    chopping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action by which something is chopped.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other.
    • a chopping sea
  • (obsolete) stout; large; plump
  • * Elijah Fenton
    • Yet some prolific planet smil'd, / And gave the pair a chopping child