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Aggregator vs Accumulator - What's the difference?

aggregator | accumulator |

As nouns the difference between aggregator and accumulator

is that aggregator is someone or something which aggregates while accumulator is one who, or that which, accumulates.

aggregator

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia aggregator)
  • Someone or something which aggregates.
  • (internet) An online feed reader used to keep track of updates to blogs, etc.
  • accumulator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • He is a great accumulator of bad jokes.
  • (British) A wet-cell storage battery.
  • Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again.
  • (betting) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
  • (mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
  • (manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
  • (engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
  • (computer science) A register in a calculator or computer used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
  • (finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
  • Synonyms

    * (one who or that which accumulates) collector * (betting) parlay * (finance) share forward accumulator * (hydraulics) shock absorber