Merger vs Collision - What's the difference?
merger | collision |
The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
(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.
An instance of colliding.
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
As nouns the difference between merger and collision
is that merger is the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit while collision is an instance of colliding.merger
English
(wikipedia merger)Noun
(en noun)- ''Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
- the cot-caught merger
Synonyms
* combination * fusionAntonyms
* divisionSee also
* alliance * buyout * sellout * takeovercollision
English
Noun
(en noun)- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision .