different between merger vs intersection

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: mûr?j?r, IPA^(key): /?m?d??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??(?)
• Hyphenation: merg?er

Etymology 1

From merge +? -er.

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

1. One that merges.

Etymology 2

Old French merger (“verb used as noun”)

Noun

merger (plural mergers)

1. The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

   Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half

2. (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
3. (law) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
4. (phonology) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.

   the cot-caught merger

Synonyms

• combination
• fusion
• (linguistics): phonemic merger

Antonyms

• division

Derived terms

Related terms

• mergence

Translations

See also

• alliance
• buyout
• sellout
• takeover

References

• merger at OneLook Dictionary Search
• merger in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle French intersection, from Latin intersecti?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???s?k??n/, /??nt???s?k??n/

Noun

intersection (plural intersections)

1. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares.
2. Any overlap, confluence, or crossover.
3. (geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).
4. (set theory) The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets.
5. (sports) The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.[1]
6. (category theory) The pullback of a corner of monics.

Synonyms

• (junction of paths): crossroads

Related terms

Translations

See also

• corner
• crossroad, crossroads
• junction
• overlap
• union
• ?