Consolidation vs. Accumulation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Consolidation and Accumulation
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Definitions
Consolidation
The act or process of consolidating.
Accumulation
The acquisition or gradual gathering of something
The accumulation of wealth
Consolidation
The state of being consolidated.
Accumulation
The act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile
"Little things grew by continual accumulation" (Samuel Johnson).
Consolidation
The merger of two or more commercial interests or corporations.
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Accumulation
The process of growing into a large amount or heap
The steady accumulation of knowledge.
Consolidation
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated
Accumulation
An amount that has accumulated or been accumulated
An accumulation of debt.
Consolidation
The combination of several actions into one.
Accumulation
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
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Consolidation
(medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
Accumulation
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
An accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
Consolidation
The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random.
The consolidation of the great European monarchies.
Accumulation
A mass of something piled up or collected.
Consolidation
To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.
Accumulation
(legal) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Consolidation
The combination of several actions into one.
Accumulation
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
Consolidation
Combining into a solid mass
Accumulation
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
Consolidation
The act of combining into an integral whole;
A consolidation of two corporations
After their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously
The defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them
Accumulation
The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
Consolidation
Something that has consolidated into a compact mass;
He dropped the consolidation into the acid bath
Accumulation
The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.
Accumulation
The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Accumulation
An increase by natural growth or addition
Accumulation
Several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Accumulation
The act of accumulating
Accumulation
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
