different between accrue vs result

English

Etymology

• First attested in mid 15th century.
• From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accr?sco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + cr?sc? (“to grow”).
• Compare accretion, accresce, accrete, crew, crescent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k?u?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?k?u/

• Rhymes: -u?

Verb

accrue (third-person singular simple present accrues, present participle accruing, simple past and past participle accrued)

1. (intransitive) To increase, to rise
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

     And though pow’r fail’d, her Courage did accrue

2. (intransitive) to reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
   • 1879, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Dictionary of Terms and Phrases used in American or English Jurisprudence: ACCRUE

     Interest accrues to principal.

   • 1772, Junius, The Letters of Junius, Preface

     The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press

3. (intransitive, accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.

4. (transitive) to accumulate

5. (intransitive, law) To become an enforceable and permanent right.

Synonyms

• (increase): rise; see also Thesaurus:increase
• (accumulate): add up; see also Thesaurus:accumulate

Antonyms

• (accounting): amortize, defer, prepay

Translations

Noun

accrue (plural accrues)

1. (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing

Translations

Further reading

• accrue at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “accrue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.k?y/

Noun

accrue f (plural accrues)

1. dry land created by draining

Verb

accrue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of accroître

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt
• Hyphenation: re?sult

Verb

result (third-person singular simple present results, present participle resulting, simple past and past participle resulted) (intransitive)

1. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons

     Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.

2. (intransitive, followed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about

3. (law) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
4. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.

Synonyms

• (to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence): follow, arise

Related terms

• resultant
• resile
• resilient
• resilience

Translations

Noun

result (plural results)

1. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
2. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort.
3. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

     Then of their session ended they bid cry / With trumpet's regal sound the great result.

4. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience.
5. (sports) The final score in a game.
6. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone.

Hyponyms

• (that which results): primitive, sum, difference, product (mathematics)

Derived terms

• as a result
• resultful
• resultless

Translations

Interjection

result

1. (Britain) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
   • 2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat:

     (picking a lock) I wonder what I did...

     (the lock opens) Hey hey, result!

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, lustre, luters, rulest, rustle, sutler, truels, ulster