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Merge vs Marge - What's the difference?

merge | marge |

As nouns the difference between merge and marge

is that merge is a joining together of two flows while marge is border; margin; edge; verge.

As a verb merge

is to combine into a whole.

As a proper noun Marge is

a short form of the female given name Margaret.

merge

English

Verb

(merg)
  • To combine into a whole.
    • Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
  • * Burke
    • to merge all natural sentiment in inordinate vanity
  • * De Quincey
    • Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots.
  • To combine into a whole.
    • The two companies merged .
  • To blend gradually into something else.
    • The lanes of traffic ''merged''.
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    Derived terms

    * merger * mergeable * mergeability

    Related terms

    * annex

    Synonyms

    * amalgamate * combine * conflate * fuse * integrate * unite

    Antonyms

    * divide * split

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joining together of two flows.
    • There are often accidents at that traffic merge .

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs ----

    marge

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) marge, from (etyl) margo, of (etyl) origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Border; margin; edge; verge.
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • [...] And thy sea-marge , sterile and rocky-hard,
    Where thou thyself dost air [...]
  • * 1874 ,
    • the long curved crest
    Which swells out two leagues from the river marge .
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1907 , title=(The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses) , author=Robert W. Service , chapter=(The Cremation of Sam McGee) , passage=Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May". / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."}}

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from the word margarine .

    Noun

    marge (uncountable )
  • (colloquial, UK, NZ) margarine.

    • Anagrams

    * ----