The difference between Batch and Pressing

When used as nouns, batch means the quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time, whereas pressing means the application of pressure by a press or other means.

When used as adjectives, batch means of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting, whereas pressing means needing urgent attention.


Batch is also verb with the meaning: to aggregate things together into a batch.

check bellow for the other definitions of Batch and Pressing

  1. Batch as a noun:

    The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

    Examples:

    "We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."

  2. Batch as a noun:

    A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

    Examples:

    "We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom."

  3. Batch as a noun:

    A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

  4. Batch as a noun (computing):

    A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.

    Examples:

    "The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control."

  5. Batch as a noun (UK, dialect, Midlands):

    A bread roll.

  6. Batch as a noun (Philippines):

    A graduating class.

    Examples:

    "She was the valedictorian of Batch '73."

  7. Batch as a noun (obsolete):

    The process of baking.

  1. Batch as a verb (transitive):

    To aggregate things together into a batch.

    Examples:

    "The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement."

  2. Batch as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.

    Examples:

    "The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning."

  1. Batch as an adjective:

    Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.

    Examples:

    "The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line."

  1. Batch as a noun:

    A bank; a sandbank.

  2. Batch as a noun:

    A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows.

  1. Batch as a verb (informal):

    To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.

    Examples:

    "I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister."

  1. Pressing as an adjective:

    Needing urgent attention.

  2. Pressing as an adjective:

    Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

  1. Pressing as a noun:

    The application of pressure by a press or other means.

  2. Pressing as a noun:

    A metal or plastic part made with a press.

  3. Pressing as a noun:

    The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.

  4. Pressing as a noun:

    A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.

  5. Pressing as a noun:

    The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.

  6. Pressing as a noun:

    A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.

  7. Pressing as a noun:

    Urgent insistence.

  1. Pressing as a verb:

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