The difference between Compound and Simple

When used as nouns, compound means an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined, whereas simple means a herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

When used as verbs, compound means to form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts, whereas simple means to gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.

When used as adjectives, compound means composed of elements, whereas simple means uncomplicated.

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  1. Compound as a noun:

    an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

  2. Compound as a noun:

    a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

  1. Compound as an adjective:

    composed of elements; not simple

    Examples:

    "a compound word"

  2. Compound as an adjective (music):

    An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

  1. Compound as a noun:

    Anything made by combining several things.

  2. Compound as a noun (chemistry, dated):

    A substance made from any combination elements.

  3. Compound as a noun (chemistry):

    A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.

  4. Compound as a noun (linguistics):

    A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example , formed from and .

  5. Compound as a noun (rail):

    a , a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

  1. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

    Examples:

    "to compound a medicine"

  2. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

  3. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

  4. Compound as a verb (transitive, legal):

    To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

    Examples:

    "to compound a debt"

  5. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.

  6. Compound as a verb (intransitive):

    To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

  7. Compound as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To compose; to constitute.

  8. Compound as a verb (intransitive, finance):

    To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

  9. Compound as a verb (transitive):

    To worsen a situation

  1. Simple as an adjective:

    Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

  2. Simple as an adjective:

    Without ornamentation; plain.

  3. Simple as an adjective:

    Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

  4. Simple as an adjective:

    Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

  5. Simple as an adjective (now, rare):

    Trivial; insignificant.

  6. Simple as an adjective (now, colloquial):

    Feeble-minded; foolish.

  7. Simple as an adjective (technical):

    Structurally uncomplicated. Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded. Of a group: having no normal subgroup. Not compound, but possibly lobed. Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound. Homogenous.

    Examples:

    "a simple ascidian"

  8. Simple as an adjective (obsolete):

    Mere; not other than; being only.

  1. Simple as a noun (medicine):

    A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

  2. Simple as a noun (obsolete):

    A term for a physician, derived from the medicinal term above.

  3. Simple as a noun (logic):

    A simple or atomic proposition.

  4. Simple as a noun (obsolete):

    Something not mixed or compounded.

  5. Simple as a noun (weaving):

    A drawloom.

  6. Simple as a noun (weaving):

    Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

  7. Simple as a noun (Roman Catholic):

    A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

  1. Simple as a verb (transitive, intransitive, archaic):

    To gather simples, i.e., medicinal herbs.

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