The difference between Compact and Contract

When used as nouns, compact means an agreement or contract, whereas contract means an agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.

When used as verbs, compact means to make more dense, whereas contract means to draw together or nearer.

When used as adjectives, compact means closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space, whereas contract means contracted.

check bellow for the other definitions of Compact and Contract

  1. Compact as a noun:

    An agreement or contract.

  1. Compact as an adjective:

    Closely packed, i.e. packing much in a small space.

  2. Compact as an adjective:

    Having all necessary features fitting neatly into a small space.

    Examples:

    "a compact laptop computer"

  3. Compact as an adjective (mathematics, uncomparable, of a set in an Euclidean space):

    Closed and bounded.

    Examples:

    "A set S of real numbers is called compact if every sequence in S has a subsequence that converges to an element again contained in S."

  4. Compact as an adjective (topology, uncomparable, of a set):

    Such that every open cover of the given set has a finite subcover.

  5. Compact as an adjective:

    Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose.

    Examples:

    "a compact discourse"

  6. Compact as an adjective (obsolete):

    Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

  7. Compact as an adjective (obsolete):

    Composed or made; with of.

  1. Compact as a noun:

    A small, slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powderpuff; that fits into a woman's purse or handbag, or that slips into one's pocket.

  2. Compact as a noun:

    A broadsheet newspaper published in the size of a tabloid but keeping its non-sensational style.

  1. Compact as a verb (transitive):

    To make more dense; to compress.

  2. Compact as a verb:

    To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

  1. Contract as a noun:

    An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.

    Examples:

    "Marriage is a contract."

  2. Contract as a noun (legal):

    An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

  3. Contract as a noun (legal):

    A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.

  4. Contract as a noun (informal):

    An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.

    Examples:

    "The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him."

  5. Contract as a noun (bridge):

    The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.

  1. Contract as an adjective (obsolete):

    Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  2. Contract as an adjective (obsolete):

    Not abstract; concrete.

  1. Contract as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

    Examples:

    "The snail's body contracted into its shell."

    "to contract one's sphere of action"

  2. Contract as a verb (grammar):

    To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

    Examples:

    "The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."

  3. Contract as a verb (transitive):

    To enter into a contract with.

  4. Contract as a verb (transitive):

    To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

  5. Contract as a verb (intransitive):

    To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.

    Examples:

    "to contract for carrying the mail"

  6. Contract as a verb (transitive):

    To bring on; to incur; to acquire.

    Examples:

    "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."

    "to contract a debt"

  7. Contract as a verb (transitive):

    To gain or acquire (an illness).

  8. Contract as a verb:

    To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

  9. Contract as a verb:

    To betroth; to affiance.

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