Allot vs Amass - What's the difference?
allot | amass |
To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot
To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose
To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
* 1887 , , A Study in Scarlet , Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
(obsolete) A mass; a heap.
* Thomas Pownall
In lang=en terms the difference between allot and amass
is that allot is to assign or designate as a task or for a purpose while amass is to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.As verbs the difference between allot and amass
is that allot is to distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot while amass is to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.As a noun amass is
(obsolete) a mass; a heap.allot
English
(wikipedia allot)Verb
(allott)Anagrams
*amass
English
Verb
(es)- to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases
- he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.
Synonyms
* accumulate, heap up, pileNoun
(es)- a general idea of an amass of arms