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Flock vs Accumulate - What's the difference?

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Flock is a related term of accumulate.


In lang=en terms the difference between flock and accumulate

is that flock is to coat a surface with dense fibers or particles while accumulate is to grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

As verbs the difference between flock and accumulate

is that flock is to congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers or flock can be to coat a surface with dense fibers or particles while accumulate is to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.

As a noun flock

is a large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration or flock can be coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.

As an adjective accumulate is

(poetic|rare) collected; accumulated.

flock

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large number of birds, especially those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
  • A large number of animals, especially sheep or goats kept together.
  • Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1995 , author=Green Key Books , title=God's Word to the Nations (John 10:16) citation , passage=I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd. }}
  • * Tennyson
  • As half amazed, half frighted all his flock .
  • A large number of people.
  • * Bible, 2 Macc. xiv. 14
  • The heathen came to Nicanor by flocks .
    Synonyms
    * congregation, bunch, gaggle, horde, host, legion, litter, nest, rabble, swarm, throng, wake

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
  • People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
  • * Dryden
  • Friends daily flock .
  • (obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
  • * 1609 , Taylor
  • Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so.
  • To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding
  • A lock of wool or hair.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel].
  • Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
  • *
  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock -paper on the walls.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles.
  • accumulate

    English

    Verb

    (accumulat)
  • To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
  • He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
  • To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
  • * Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates , and men decay. -
  • Synonyms

    * collect * pile up * store * amass * gather * aggregate * heap together * hoard * proliferate

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.