Merger vs Verger - What's the difference?
merger | verger |
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.
One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
(chiefly, British) A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). An usher; in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide. In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.
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(UK) An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.
As nouns the difference between merger and verger
is that merger is the act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit while verger is one who carries a verge, or emblem of office.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 * takeoververger
English
(wikipedia verger)Noun
(en noun)- ‘We have often seen each other,’ said Little Dorrit, recognising the sexton, or the beadle, or the verger , or whatever he was, ‘when I have been at church here.’
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