different between amalgamate vs intertwine

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?tus, past participle of amalgam?re, amalgama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mæl???me?t/

Verb

amalgamate (third-person singular simple present amalgamates, present participle amalgamating, simple past and past participle amalgamated)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.

   Synonym: mix

   Antonym: separate

   • 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord

     Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.

2. To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.

Related terms

• amalgam
• amalgamation

Translations

Adjective

amalgamate (comparative more amalgamate, superlative most amalgamate)

1. Coalesced; united; combined.

Further reading

• amalgamate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Verb

amalgamate

1. second-person plural present of amalgamare
2. second-person plural imperative of amalgamare
3. feminine plural of amalgamato

English

Etymology

inter- +? twine

Verb

intertwine (third-person singular simple present intertwines, present participle intertwining, simple past and past participle intertwined)

1. (transitive) To twine something together.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 240c.

     You see, no doubt, that yet again, thanks to this intertwining, our many-headed sophist has forced us against our will to admit that what is not is in a way.

2. (intransitive) To become twined together.

Synonyms

• (twine around each other): entwine

Translations