Amalgamate vs Annex - What's the difference?
amalgamate | annex |
To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
* Burke
To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
(mathematics) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
An addition, an extension.
An appendix.
An addition or extension to a building.
An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
To add something to another thing; to incorporate.
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To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
To join; to be united.
As verbs the difference between amalgamate and annex
is that amalgamate is to merge, to combine, to blend, to join while annex is to add something to another thing; to incorporate.As an adjective amalgamate
is coalesced; united; combined.As a noun annex is
an addition, an extension.amalgamate
English
Verb
(amalgamat)- to amalgamate''' two races; to '''amalgamate one race with another
- Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
Synonyms
* (to merge) mixAntonyms
* (to merge) separateExternal links
* ("amalgamate" on Wikipedia) ----annex
English
Alternative forms
* annexe (UK, Australia, New Zealand)Etymology 1
, from (etyl) (m).Noun
(es)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Verb
(es)- The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
- to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
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