Camp vs. Compound

Difference Between Camp and Compound
Campnoun
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
Compoundnoun
an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
Campnoun
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
Compoundnoun
a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
Campnoun
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
Compoundnoun
Anything made by combining several things.
Campnoun
A single hut or shelter.
a hunter's campCompoundnoun
A substance made from any combination elements.
Campnoun
The company or body of persons encamped.
Compoundnoun
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
Campnoun
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
Compoundnoun
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
Campnoun
(uncommon) Campus
Compoundnoun
(rail) a compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
Campnoun
(informal) A summer camp.
Compoundadjective
composed of elements; not simple
a compound wordCampnoun
(agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.
Compoundadjective
(math) dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process
compound addition; compound proportionCampnoun
(obsolete) Conflict; battle.
Compoundadjective
(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Campnoun
An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
Compoundverb
(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
to compound a medicineCampnoun
An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
Compoundverb
(transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
Campverb
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.Compoundverb
(transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
Campverb
To set up a camp.
Compoundverb
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
to compound a debtCampverb
(transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.
Compoundverb
(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.
Campverb
(video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.Go and camp the flag for the win.Compoundverb
(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.
Campverb
To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
Compoundverb
To compose; to constitute.
Campverb
To wrangle; argue.
Compoundverb
To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
Campadjective
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
Compoundverb
(transitive) To worsen a situation
Campadjective
Ostentatiously effeminate.
Compoundnoun
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
Campadjective
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
Compoundnoun
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
Campnoun
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers;
wherever he went in the camp the men were grumblingCompoundnoun
an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
Campnoun
a group of people living together in a camp;
the whole camp laughed at his mistakeCompoundverb
make more intense, stronger, or more marked;
The efforts were intensifiedHer rudeness intensified his dislike for herPotsmokers claim it heightens their awarenessThis event only deepened my convictionsCampnoun
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers;
level ground is best for parking and camp areasCompoundverb
put or add together;
combine resourcesCampnoun
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Compoundverb
calculate principal and interest
Campnoun
a prison for forced laborers;
China has many work camps for political prisonersCompoundverb
create by mixing or combining
Campnoun
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality;
the livingroom was pure campCompoundverb
combine so as to form a whole; mix;
compound the ingredientsCampnoun
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
Compoundadjective
of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
Campnoun
a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months;
city kids get to see the country at a summer campCompoundadjective
consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;
soap is a compound substancehousetop is a compound worda blackberry is a compound fruitCampverb
live in or as if in a tent;
Can we go camping again this summer?The circus tented near the townThe houseguests had to camp in the living roomCompoundadjective
composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;
coral is a colonial organismCampverb
establish or set up a camp
Campverb
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
Campadjective
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities;
they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effectcampy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's