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Merger vs Megamerger - What's the difference?

merger | megamerger |

As nouns the difference between merger and megamerger

is that merger is the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit while megamerger is (informal) a particularly large economic merger.

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

    megamerger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A particularly large economic merger.