Usually when people say "build" they mean something that creates a build product which is different from the original source files. This could mean compiling an

Usually when people say "build" they mean something that creates a build product which is different from the original source files. This could mean compiling and linking c to object files / executables, transpiling TypeScript to javascript, bundling lots of javascript files to one big javascript file, going from readable js to minified js, etc. I've never heard of testing or linting referred to as building. BTW, I'm not the one that keeps downvoting you to death!