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Amalgam vs Meld - What's the difference?

amalgam | meld |

As nouns the difference between amalgam and meld

is that amalgam is amalgam (alloy containing mercury) while meld is a combination of cards which is melded.

As a verb meld is

(us) to combine two similar objects into one or meld can be in card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

amalgam

English

(wikipedia amalgam)

Noun

(amalgams)
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
  • A combination of different things

    • Synonyms

    * alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
    • (Boyle)
    (Ben Jonson)

    References

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    Noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun, amàlg?m, amalgami , amalgáma, amalgama , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgam, amalgame , amalgame, amalgami , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgamom, amalgamima }} ----

    meld

    English

    Etymology 1

    Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) to combine two similar objects into one
    • One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
    Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like — we can all be proud of our young country. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/africa/27safrica.html?_r=1&oref=login]
    Related terms
    * melt * weld
    Synonyms
    * conflate

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A combination of cards which is melded.
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