different between creation vs compilation

English

Etymology

From Middle English creacion, creacioun, creation, from Old French creacion (French création), from Latin cre?ti?, creationis; equivalent to create +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?i??e???n/
• IPA^(key): [k?i???e???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

creation (countable and uncountable, plural creations)

1. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

2. (uncountable) The act of creating something.

3. (uncountable) All which exists.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• actioner, actorine, anoretic, anticore, reaction, reäction

Interlingua

Noun

creation (plural creationes)

1. creation

Middle English

Noun

creation

1. Alternative form of creacion

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?mp??le???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?mp??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

compilation (countable and uncountable, plural compilations)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
2. (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
3. (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Synonyms

• (the act or process of compiling): compilement
• (something compiled): anthology, collection
• (source code translation into object code):

Translations

Further reading

• compilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Compilation (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pi.la.sj??/

Noun

compilation f (plural compilations)

1. compilation (all senses)