Merge vs Jumble - What's the difference?
merge | jumble |
To combine into a whole.
* Burke
* De Quincey
To combine into a whole.
To blend gradually into something else.
to mix or confuse
* Burton
* Tennyson
to meet or unite in a confused way
A mixture of unrelated things.
(British) Items for a rummage sale.
(archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
In lang=en terms the difference between merge and jumble
is that merge is to combine into a whole while jumble is to meet or unite in a confused way.As verbs the difference between merge and jumble
is that merge is to combine into a whole while jumble is to mix or confuse.As nouns the difference between merge and jumble
is that merge is a joining together of two flows while jumble is a mixture of unrelated things.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 ----jumble
English
Verb
(jumbl)- Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?
- Every clime and age jumbled together.