Confluence vs Merge - What's the difference?
confluence | merge |
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
The act of combining which occurs at the place where rivers and the lake meet.
A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things.
To combine into a whole.
* Burke
* De Quincey
To combine into a whole.
To blend gradually into something else.
As nouns the difference between confluence and merge
is that confluence is the place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river while merge is a joining together of two flows.As a verb merge is
to combine into a whole.confluence
English
Noun
(en noun)- We encountered an abandoned boat at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
- The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water.
- The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project.
Synonyms
* confluxDerived terms
* confluence aloftmerge
English
Verb
(merg)- Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
- to merge all natural sentiment in inordinate vanity
- Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots.
- The two companies merged .
- The lanes of traffic ''merged''.
