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Incorporated vs Assimilated - What's the difference?

incorporated | assimilated |

As verbs the difference between incorporated and assimilated

is that incorporated is past tense of incorporate while assimilated is past tense of assimilate.

As an adjective incorporated

is (US English) A type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.

incorporated

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (US English) A type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.

    • Related terms

    * incorporate Acronyms * Inc * (UK English)

    See also

    There are further distinctions to the type of Incorporated company in UK English. * Public Limited Liability Company, PLC (UK English) * Limited Liability Company, LLC (UK English)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (incorporate)

    • assimilated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (assimilate)

    • assimilate

    English

    Verb

    (assimilat)
  • To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
    • Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
  • * Isaac Newton
    • Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment.
  • To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.
    • The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
  • * Merivale
    • His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
  • To absorb a group of people into a community.
    • The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
  • To compare a thing to something similar.
  • To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
  • * John Bright
    • to assimilate our law to the law of Scotland
  • * Cowper
    • Fast falls a fleecy shower; the downy flakes / Assimilate all objects.

    Synonyms

    *(To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind) process *(absorb a group of people into a community) integrate