different between congeal vs compress
congeal
English
Etymology
From Middle English congelen, a Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, cognate with Portuguese and Spanish congelar.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?nj?l', IPA(key): /k?n?d?i?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
Verb
congeal (third-person singular simple present congeals, present participle congealing, simple past and past participle congealed)
- (transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state perhaps by cold
- (transitive) To coagulate, make curdled or semi-solid as gel or jelly
- (transitive) To make rigid or immobile
- We must act before opposition to our plans congeals.
- (intransitive) To become congealed, solidify
Translations
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compress
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)
- (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.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (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
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
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)
- 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.
- A machine for compressing.
Related terms
- compression
Translations
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