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Assumed vs Amassed - What's the difference?

assumed | amassed |

As verbs the difference between assumed and amassed

is that assumed is (assume) while amassed is (amass).

As an adjective assumed

is used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.

assumed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (assume)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
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  • Supposed or presumed.

    • Derived terms

    * assumed name

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    amassed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (amass)

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    amass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
    • to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases
  • * 1887 , , A Study in Scarlet , Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
    • 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, pile

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A mass; a heap.
  • * Thomas Pownall
    • a general idea of an amass of arms
    (Webster 1913)

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