different between devising vs compilation

English

Noun

devising (countable and uncountable, plural devisings)

1. the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
   • 1965, A. R. Ammons, Tape for the Turn of the Year

     I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things.

Synonyms

• fashioning, making

Verb

devising

1. present participle of devise

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)