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compression vs shrinking

shrinking vs compression

compression and shrinking both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
compression Yes No No No
shrinking Yes No No No
As nouns, shrinking is a hypernym of compression; that is, shrinking is a word with a broader meaning than compression:
  • compression: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
  • shrinking: process or result of becoming less or smaller
Other hypernyms of compression include shrinkage.
compression (noun) shrinking (noun)
applying pressure the act of becoming less
encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required process or result of becoming less or smaller
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
an increase in the density of something
Difference between compression and shrinking

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