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Synthesis vs Amalgam - What's the difference?

synthesis | amalgam |

As nouns the difference between synthesis and amalgam

is that synthesis is while amalgam is amalgam (alloy containing mercury).

synthesis

English

(wikipedia synthesis)

Noun

(syntheses)
  • The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
  • (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
  • (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
  • (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
  • (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation; (JP 1-02).
  • (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.

    • Antonyms

    * analysis * hypothesis

    Related terms

    * synthesize * synthetic

    External links

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    amalgam

    English

    (wikipedia amalgam)

    Noun

    (amalgams)
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
  • A combination of different things

    • Synonyms

    * alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
    • (Boyle)
    (Ben Jonson)

    References

    ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • Declension

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