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Convergence vs Congregate - What's the difference?

convergence | congregate |

As a noun convergence

is the act of moving toward union or uniformity.

As an adjective congregate is

(rare) collective; assembled; compact.

As a verb congregate is

(transitive): to collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.

convergence

English

Noun

(wikipedia convergence)
  • The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
    • The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. — Berkeley.
  • A meeting place.
    • We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
  • The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
  • (mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
  • (physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
  • (biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
  • The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.

    • Synonyms

    * convergency

    Antonyms

    * divergence, divergency

    Related terms

    * converge * convergent

    congregate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Collective; assembled; compact.
  • * 1605 , (Francis Bacon), The Advancement of Learning , Book II, Chapter IX:
    • With this reservation, therefore, we proceed to human philosophy or humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate or distributively, the other congregate or in society; so as human philosophy is either simple and particular, or conjugate and civil.

    Verb

    (congregat)
  • (transitive): To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.
  • * Hooker,
    • Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.
  • * Coleridge,
    • Cold congregates all bodies.
  • * Milton,
    • The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.
  • (intransitive): To come together; to assemble; to meet.
  • * ,
    • Even there where merchants most do congregate .

    Synonyms

    *

    Related terms

    * congregation