different between compile vs invent

English

Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin comp?l? (“heap, plunder”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?mp??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?pa?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

compile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled)

1. (transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

2. (obsolete) To construct, build.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:

     Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin [...].

3. (transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

4. (intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.

   • Which these six books compile.

6. (obsolete) To write; to compose.

   • They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• compiler, compilator

Translations

Noun

compile (plural compiles)

1. (programming) An act of compiling code.
   • 2007, Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual

     Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.

Anagrams

• polemic

French

Verb

compile

1. inflection of compiler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

compile

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of compilar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of compilar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of compilar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of compilar

Spanish

Verb

compile

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of compilar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of compilar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of compilar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of compilar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveni? (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veni? (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

invent (third-person singular simple present invents, present participle inventing, simple past and past participle invented)

1. To design a new process or mechanism.

2. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.

   Synonym: make up

3. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to discover.

Synonyms

• fangle

See also

• discover

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• invent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• invent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /im?vent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im?ben/

Noun

invent m (plural invents)

1. invention

   Synonym: invenció

Related terms

• inventar

Further reading

• “invent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “invent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “invent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “invent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.