Accumulation vs Extent - What's the difference?
accumulation | extent |
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
(legal) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
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(computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
As nouns the difference between accumulation and extent
is that accumulation is the act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile while extent is a range of values or locations.As an adjective extent is
(obsolete) extended.accumulation
English
Noun
(en noun)- an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
Synonyms
* (accounting) retained earningsAntonyms
* decumulationextent
English
Noun
(en noun)- The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.