Allide vs. Collide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Allide and Collide
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Definitions
Allide
(nautical) To impact a stationary object.
The ship allided with the pier.
Collide
To come together with violent, direct impact.
Collide
To meet in opposition; conflict
"an unlikely foray by an industrial conglomerate into the terrain where entertainment and merchandising collide" (Laura Bird).
Collide
(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
Collide
(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
China collided with the modern world.
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Collide
To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.
Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate.
No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
Collide
To strike or dash against.
Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided.
Collide
Crash together with violent impact;
The cars collided
Two meteors clashed
Collide
Be incompatible; be or come into conflict;
These colors clash
Collide
Cause to collide;
The physicists collided the particles
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