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Compilation vs Marathon - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between compilation and marathon

is that compilation is the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources while marathon is a 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.

As a proper noun Marathon is

a town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.

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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    marathon

    English

    (wikipedia marathon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
    • He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

    Derived terms

    * marathoner * half marathon * ultramarathon

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