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Accumulation vs Extent - What's the difference?

accumulation | extent |

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)
  • The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
  • The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
    • an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (accounting) retained earnings

    Antonyms

    * decumulation

    extent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A range of values or locations.
  • The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
    • The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
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  • (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

    • See also

    * scope * ("extent" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Extended.
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