Amalgamate vs Collaborate - What's the difference?
amalgamate | collaborate |
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.
To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
As verbs the difference between amalgamate and collaborate
is that amalgamate is to merge, to combine, to blend, to join while collaborate is to work together with others to achieve a common goal.As an adjective amalgamate
is coalesced; united; combined.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) ----collaborate
English
Verb
(collaborat)- Let's collaborate on this dictionary, and get it finished faster.
- If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.