Amalgamate vs. Blend — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Amalgamate and Blend
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Amalgamate
To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite.
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Blend
To combine or mix (different substances) so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another
Blended the flour, milk, and eggs.
Blend gasoline with ethanol.
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Amalgamate
To mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.
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Blend
To combine (varieties or grades of the same substance) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency
Blend coffees.
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Amalgamate
To become combined; unite.
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Blend
To combine (different elements) into a single entity
A career that blends medicine and engineering.
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Amalgamate
To unite or blend with another metal. Used of mercury.
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Blend
To form a uniform mixture
“The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes” (Norman Mailer).
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Amalgamate
To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
To amalgamate two races
To amalgamate one race with another
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Blend
To be unobtrusive or harmonious by resembling the surroundings or behaving like others in a group. Often used with in
A female pheasant is brown and blends in with its nesting ground.
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Amalgamate
To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
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Blend
To create a harmonious effect or result
Picked a tie that blended with the jacket.
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Amalgamate
To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.
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Blend
The act of blending
The writer's unique blend of fantasy and physics.
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Amalgamate
Coalesced; united; combined.
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Blend
Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending
“His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence” (John Fowles).
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Amalgamate
To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury.
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Blend
(Linguistics) A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.
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Amalgamate
To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another.
Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
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Blend
A mixture of two or more things.
Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
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Amalgamate
To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.
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Blend
(linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
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Amalgamate
To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate.
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Blend
(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
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Amalgamate
Coalesced; united; combined.
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Blend
(intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
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Amalgamate
To bring or combine together or with something else;
Resourcefully he mingled music and dance
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Blend
(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
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Amalgamate
Joined together into a whole;
United Industries
The amalgamated colleges constituted a university
A consolidated school
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Blend
To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
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Blend
To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
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Blend
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.
There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
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Blend
To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.
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Blend
A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
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Blend
An occurrence of thorough mixing
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Blend
A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings;
`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'
`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'
`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau
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Blend
The act of blending components together thoroughly
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Blend
Combine into one;
Blend the nuts and raisins together
He blends in with the crowd
We don't intermingle much
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Blend
Blend or harmonize;
This flavor will blend with those in your dish
This sofa won't go with the chairs
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Blend
Mix together different elements;
The colors blend well
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