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Compilation vs Compendium - What's the difference?

compilation | compendium |

As nouns the difference between compilation and compendium

is that compilation is the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while compendium is a short, complete summary; an abstract.

compilation

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
  • (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
  • (uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

    • Synonyms

    * (the act or process of compiling) compilement * (something compiled) * (source code translation into object code)

    See also

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    compendium

    English

    (wikipedia compendium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  • A list or collection of various items.
  • * 2008 , Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)
    • It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
  • # (label) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

    • Derived terms

    * compendial

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