Prepopulate vs. Populate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Prepopulate and Populate
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Prepopulate
To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.
Populate
To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization.
Populate
To live in; inhabit
Creatures that populate the ocean depths.
Populate
(Computers) To fill (an empty field or array) with data.
Populate
(Chemistry) To fill (an electron shell of an atom) with electrons.
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Populate
(transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
Populate
(transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
Populate
(intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
Populate
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.
Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.
Populate
(electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
Populate
(obsolete) populous
Populate
Populous.
Populate
To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
Populate
To propagate.
Great shoals of people which go on to populate.
Populate
Make one's home or live in;
She resides officially in Iceland
I live in a 200-year old house
These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted
The plains are sparsely populated
Populate
Fill with people or supply with inhabitants;
People a room
The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country
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