different between united vs unify

English

Etymology

From Old French unité, from Latin ?n?tus, perfect passive participle of ?ni? by substitution of -ed for Latin suffix.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju??na?t?d/, /j??na?t?d/
• (General American) enPR: yo?o-n??t?d, yo?o-, IPA^(key): /ju?na?t?d/, /j??na?t?d/, [ju?na?????d], [ju??na?????d], [j??na?????d], [j??na?????d]
• Rhymes: -a?t?d
• Hyphenation: u?nit?ed

Verb

united

1. simple past tense and past participle of unite

Adjective

united (not comparable)

1. Joined into a single entity.
2. Involving the joint activity of multiple agents.

Derived terms

• Trellech United
• United Kingdom
• United States

Translations

Anagrams

• dunite, unedit, untied

English

Etymology

From Middle French unifier, from Late Latin unificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?n?fa?/

Verb

unify (third-person singular simple present unifies, present participle unifying, simple past and past participle unified)

1. (transitive) Cause to become one; make into a unit; consolidate; merge; combine.
2. (intransitive) Become one.
   • 2008, Eliza Mada Dalian, In Search of the Miraculous: Healing Into Consciousness,^[1] Expanding Universe Publishing, ?ISBN, page 91:

     Ultimately, all frequencies unify into an unmoving state of zero frequency or vacuum. In other words, all seven sound vibrations or notes unify into silence; all thought frequencies (positive and negative) unify into no-thought or no-mind; and all seven colors of the rainbow unify into pure space that appears dark when it is invisible and as light when it is visible.

Antonyms

• divide

Derived terms

Related terms

• unite

Translations