Accumulate vs. Accrue
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Difference Between Accumulate and Accrue
Accumulateverb
(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.Accrueverb
(intransitive) To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent.
Accumulateverb
(intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Accrueverb
To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.Accumulateadjective
Collected; accumulated.
Accrueverb
(transitive) to accumulate
He has accrued nine sick days.ADVERTISEMENT
Accumulateverb
get or gather together;
I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wifeShe is amassing a lot of data for her thesisShe rolled up a small fortuneAccrueverb
To become an enforceable and permanent right.
Accumulateverb
collect or gather;
Journals are accumulating in my officeThe work keeps piling upAccruenoun
(obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
Accrueverb
grow by addition;
The interest accruesAccrueverb
come into the possession of;
The house accrued to the oldest sonADVERTISEMENT
