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What is the difference between merge and merger?

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Merger is a derived term of merge.



As nouns the difference between merge and merger

is that merge is a joining together of two flows while merger is the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

As a verb merge

is to combine into a whole.

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

    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 ----

    merger

    English

    (wikipedia merger)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
  • ''Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
  • (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
  • (legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
  • (linguistics) A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
  • the cot-caught merger

    Synonyms

    * combination * fusion

    Antonyms

    * division

    See also

    * alliance * buyout * sellout * takeover