different between accumulate vs agglomerate

English

Etymology

• First attested in the 1520's.
• Borrowed from Latin accumul?tus, perfect passive participle of accumul? (“amass, pile up”), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumul? (“heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kju?mj??le?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?.?kjum.j?.?le?t/
• Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?late

Verb

accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

1. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)

   Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store; see also Thesaurus:pile up

2. (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

   Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
3. (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

Translations

Adjective

accumulate (not comparable)

1. (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.

Related terms

• accumulation
• accumulator
• cumulus

Further reading

• accumulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accumulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

accumulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
2. second-person plural imperative of accumulare
3. feminine plural of accumulato

Latin

Etymology

From accumul? (“amass, pile up”)

Adverb

accumul?t? (comparative accumul?tius, superlative accumul?tissim?)

1. abundantly, copiously

Synonyms

• abundanter

Related terms

• accumulator
• accumul?

References

• accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accumulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• accumulate in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

English

Alternative forms

• aglomerate

Etymology

From Latin agglomerare (“to wind into a ball”), from ad (“to”) + glomerare (“to wind into a ball”), from glomus (“a ball”), akin to globus (“a ball”).

Pronunciation

• Adjective, noun:
  • AHD: ?gl?'m?r?t
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l?m(?)??t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /???l?m(?)??t/
• Verb:
  • AHD: ?gl?'m?r?t
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l?m(?)??e?t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /???l?.m??e?t/

Adjective

agglomerate (comparative more agglomerate, superlative most agglomerate)

1. collected into a ball, heap, or mass

Synonyms

• agglomerated

Noun

agglomerate (plural agglomerates)

1. A collection or mass.
2. (geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
3. (meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.

Synonyms

• (collection or mass): agglomeration, collection, mass

Verb

agglomerate (third-person singular simple present agglomerates, present participle agglomerating, simple past and past participle agglomerated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Synonyms

• (collect into a ball): ball, ball up, bundle up, clew, conglobate, conglobe, globe, orb, wind
• (gather into a mass): amass, gather, gather up, merge, pile up; see also Thesaurus:pile up or Thesaurus:coalesce

Further reading

• agglomerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• agglomerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• agglomerate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

agglomerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of agglomerare
2. second-person plural imperative of agglomerare
3. feminine plural of agglomerato

Latin

Verb

agglomer?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of agglomer?