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Accession vs Alluvion - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between accession and alluvion

is that accession is the act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers while alluvion is the increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

As nouns the difference between accession and alluvion

is that accession is a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy while alluvion is the increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

As a verb accession

is to make a record of (additions to a collection).

accession

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
  • Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  • * (rfdate)
  • The only accession that the Roman empire received was the province of Britain.
  • (legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
  • (legal) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  • The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
  • (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  • Agreement.
  • Access; admittance.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a record of (additions to a collection).
  • Antonyms

    * deaccession

    alluvion

    English

    Noun

  • (legal) The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
  • See also

    * accession ----