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Stash vs Amass - What's the difference?

stash | amass |

As nouns the difference between stash and amass

is that stash is a collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve while amass is (obsolete) a mass; a heap.

As verbs the difference between stash and amass

is that stash is to hide or store away for later use while amass is to collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.

stash

English

Noun

(es)
  • A collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve.
    • ''They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hide or store away for later use.
    • He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

    amass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
    • to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases
  • * 1887 , , A Study in Scarlet , Part II, Chapter V, page 123:
    • he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation.

    Synonyms

    * accumulate, heap up, pile

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A mass; a heap.
  • * Thomas Pownall
    • a general idea of an amass of arms
    (Webster 1913)

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