different between comprehend vs compute

English

Etymology

From Middle English comprehenden, from Latin comprehendere (“to grasp”), from the prefix com- + prehendere (“to seize”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?mp???h?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?mp???h?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

comprehend (third-person singular simple present comprehends, present participle comprehending, simple past and past participle comprehended)

1. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain. [from 14th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.1:

     And lothly mouth, unmeete a mouth to bee, / That nought but gall and venim comprehended […].

   • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Penguin 2009, p. 9:

     In the second century of the Christian Æra, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.

2. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly. [from 14th c.]

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French

Verb

comprehend

1. third-person singular present indicative of comprehendre

English

Etymology

17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin comput? (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m-pyo?ot', IPA^(key): /k?m?pju?t/
• Hyphenation: com?pute
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)

1. (transitive) to reckon, calculate
2. (intransitive, informal) to make sense (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative contexts)

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Noun

compute (uncountable)

1. (computing, informal) computational power
   • 2015, J. Powell, Mastering vRealize Automation 6.2 (page 41)

     Once you have the total, does it exceed the maximum amount of compute that can be served up in your vCenter environment? It is quite normal for users to consume everything you provide.

   • 2016, Joe Baron, Hisham Baz, Tim Bixler, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide: Associate Exam

     To change the amount of compute and memory, you can select a different DB Instance class of the database.

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pyt/
• Homophones: computent, computes

Verb

compute

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of computer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of computer
3. second-person singular imperative of computer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com?pu?te

Verb

compute

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?pute/, [kõm?pu.t?e]

Verb

compute

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