Merge vs Germ - What's the difference?
merge | germ |
To combine into a whole.
* Burke
* De Quincey
To combine into a whole.
To blend gradually into something else.
(biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
A pathogenic microorganism.
The origin of an idea or project.
The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See .
To germinate.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Thomas Hardy
(slang) To grow, as if parasitic.
* "I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love" - Just Can't Get Enough by the Black Eyed Peas
As verbs the difference between merge and germ
is that merge is to combine into a whole while germ is to germinate.As nouns the difference between merge and germ
is that merge is a joining together of two flows while germ is the small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.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''.
Derived terms
* merger * mergeable * mergeabilitySynonyms
* amalgamate * combine * conflate * fuse * integrate * uniteAntonyms
* divide * splitAnagrams
* English ergative verbs ----germ
English
Noun
(en noun)- the germ of civil liberty
Derived terms
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(en verb)- O for a withering curse to blast the germing of their wicked machinations.
- Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.