Meld vs Merge - What's the difference?
meld | merge |
(US) to combine two similar objects into one
In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
To combine into a whole.
* Burke
* De Quincey
To combine into a whole.
To blend gradually into something else.
As verbs the difference between meld and merge
is that meld is to combine two similar objects into one while merge is to combine into a whole.As nouns the difference between meld and merge
is that meld is a combination of cards which is melded while merge is a joining together of two flows.meld
English
Etymology 1
Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).Verb
(en verb)- 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]
Synonyms
* conflateEtymology 2
Probably from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)merge
English
Verb
(merg)- Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
- to merge all natural sentiment in inordinate vanity
- Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots.
- The two companies merged .
- The lanes of traffic ''merged''.