Accumulate vs Appreciate - What's the difference?
accumulate | appreciate |
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
* Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates , and men decay. -
(poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
to be grateful or thankful for.
to view as valuable.
to be fully conscious of; be aware of; detect.
* Lubbock
to increase in value.
* Ramsay
In lang=en terms the difference between accumulate and appreciate
is that accumulate is to grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly while appreciate is to increase in value.As verbs the difference between accumulate and appreciate
is that accumulate is to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass while appreciate is to be grateful or thankful for.As an adjective accumulate
is (poetic|rare) collected; accumulated.accumulate
English
Verb
(accumulat)- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
Synonyms
* collect * pile up * store * amass * gather * aggregate * heap together * hoard * proliferateAdjective
(-)External links
* * ----appreciate
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(appreciat)- I appreciate your efforts
- You must learn to appreciate time
- To test the power of bees to appreciate color.
- to test the power of bees to appreciate colour
- The value of his portfolio appreciated by 80% over eight years.
- lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money
