Accumulation vs Hodgepodge - What's the difference?
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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 collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
* 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
Accumulation is a related term of hodgepodge.
As nouns the difference between accumulation and hodgepodge
is that accumulation is the act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile while hodgepodge is a collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.accumulation
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Noun
(en noun)- an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
Synonyms
* (accounting) retained earningsAntonyms
* decumulationhodgepodge
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Alternative forms
* hodge-podgeNoun
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge''' of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar '''hodgepodges .
- Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, / And sorrow, and short as a bubble; / 'Tis a hodge-podge of business, and money, and care, / And care, and money, and trouble.