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Archive vs Simulation - What's the difference?

archive | simulation |

As a verb archive

is .

As a noun simulation is

simulation.

archive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
  • The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
  • His archive of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.

    Derived terms

    () * archival * archivist * national archive

    Verb

    (archiv)
  • To put into an archive.
  • I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.

    simulation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.''
  • This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
    The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.
  • The process of simulating.
  • Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.
  • Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
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  • (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.
  • * '>citation
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  • Derived terms

    * computer simulation