different between condense vs compress

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d?ns/

Verb

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

   Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress

   Antonym: dilute

   • The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.

2. (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
3. (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

Derived terms

• condensing locomotive

Related terms

• condensation

Translations

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.

   • The huge condense bodies of planets.

References

• condense at OneLook Dictionary Search
• condense in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: condensent, condenses

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present indicative of condenser
2. third-person singular present indicative of condenser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
5. second-person singular imperative of condenser

Italian

Noun

condense f

1. plural of condensa

Anagrams

• censendo

Latin

Adjective

cond?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of cond?nsus

Portuguese

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
3. first-person singular imperative of condensar
4. third-person singular imperative of condensar

Spanish

Verb

condense

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?mpr?s', IPA^(key): /k?m?p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

compress (third-person singular simple present compresses, present participle compressing, simple past and past participle compressed)

1. (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
   • June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument

     events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life

   • 1810, William Melmoth (translator), Letters of Pliny

     The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.

2. (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.

3. (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.

4. (transitive) To abridge.

5. (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
6. (obsolete) To embrace sexually.
   • 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses

     This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
     Whom Delphi and the Delian isle obey,
     Andræmon lov'd; and , bless'd in all those charms
     That pleas'd a God, succeeded to her arms

Synonyms

• (press together): compact, condense, pack, press, squash, squeeze; see also Thesaurus:compress
• (be pressed together): contract
• (condense, abridge): abridge, condense, shorten, truncate; see also Thesaurus:shorten

Antonyms

• (press together): expand
• (be pressed together): decontract
• (condense, abridge): expand, lengthen
• (make computing data smaller): uncompress

Derived terms

Related terms

• compression

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mp??s/
• (US) enPR: k?m'pr?s, IPA^(key): /?k?mp??s/

Noun

compress (plural compresses)

2. A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

3. A machine for compressing.

Related terms

• compression

Translations