different between parse vs parsing

English

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English pars (“parts, shares; parts of speech, grammar”), from Old French pars (plural of part (“part, portion, share”)), from Latin pars (“part, piece, share”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth; to sell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??z/, [p???z]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??s/, [p???s], [p???z]
• Rhymes: -??(?)z, -??(?)s

Verb

parse (third-person singular simple present parses, present participle parsing, simple past and past participle parsed)

1. (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonym: construe

2. (transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
3. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
4. (computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
5. (computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Usage notes

Generally speaking, parse is an ergative verb, i.e. ambitransitive with the subject of the intransitive form corresponding to the direct object of the transitive form. If a person or program can parse X into Y, then we say that X parses as Y. Note that the last sense is not quite the same as the penultimate; a string only parses if it can be parsed successfully.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

parse (plural parses)

1. (computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

   The parse will fail if the program contains an unrecognised keyword.

2. (computing, linguistics) The result of such an act; a parsing.

   This parse is incorrect and indicates a fault in the parser.

Translations

References

Further reading

• parsing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• parse (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, apres, après, aprés, as per, asper, pares, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear

Italian

Verb

parse f

1. feminine plural of parso
2. third-person singular past historic of parere

Synonyms

• (parere): parve

Anagrams

• aspre, persa, presa, saper, spare, spera

Latin

Participle

parse

1. vocative masculine singular of parsus

English

Noun

parsing (countable and uncountable, plural parsings)

1. (uncountable) The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program).

   Parsing can be difficult.

2. (countable) An instance of that act or process; a parse.

   A parsing of a sentence about a horse can yield several possible results.

3. (countable) Any result of such an instance; a parse.

   Upon review, for the word horse, the parsing "animal" was rejected in favor of the parsing "piece of gymnastic equipment".

Translations

Verb

parsing

1. present participle of parse

Anagrams

• gnisrap, parings, rapings, rasping, sparing