The difference between Collection and Compilation
When used as nouns, collection means a set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together, whereas compilation means the act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
check bellow for the other definitions of Collection and Compilation
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Collection as a noun:
A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
Examples:
"The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk."
"The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets."
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Collection as a noun:
Multiple related objects associated as a group.
Examples:
"He has a superb coin collection."
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Collection as a noun:
The activity of collecting.
Examples:
"'Collection of trash will occur every Thursday."
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Collection as a noun (topology, analysis):
A set of sets.
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Collection as a noun:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
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Collection as a noun (law):
Debt collection.
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Collection as a noun (obsolete):
The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
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Collection as a noun (UK):
The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
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Collection as a noun (in the plural, UK, Oxford University):
A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
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Collection as a noun:
The quality of being collected; calm composure.
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Compilation as a noun (uncountable):
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
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Compilation as a noun (countable):
That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
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Compilation as a noun (countable, uncountable, computing):
Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.