compress vs dilute

compress

verb
  • To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume. 

  • To abridge. 

  • To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits. 

  • To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format. 

  • To condense into a more economic, easier format. 

noun
  • 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. 

dilute

verb
  • To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. 

  • To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares. 

  • To become attenuated, thin, or weak. 

  • To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance. 

noun
  • An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

adj
  • Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual. 

  • Having a low concentration. 

  • Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted. 

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