Assimilation vs. Dissimilation
Difference Between Assimilation and Dissimilation
Assimilation➦
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
the assimilation of the knowledge of the Greeks
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Dissimilation➦
In phonology, particularly within historical linguistics, dissimilation is a phenomenon whereby similar consonants or vowels in a word become less similar. In English, dissimilation is particularly common with liquid consonants such as /r/ and /l/ when they occur in a sequence.
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Assimilation➦
the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system
nitrate assimilation usually takes place in leaves
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Dissimilation➦
The act or process of making or becoming dissimilar.
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Assimilation➦
the process of becoming similar to something
Watson was ready to work for the assimilation of Scots law to English law where he thought it was justified
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Dissimilation➦
(Linguistics) The process by which one of two similar or identical sounds in a word becomes less like the other, such as the l in English marble (from French marbre).
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Assimilation➦
The act or process of assimilating.
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Dissimilation➦
The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
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Assimilation➦
The state of being assimilated.
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Dissimilation➦
(phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar, resulting in a form that is easier for the listener to perceive.
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Assimilation➦
(Physiology) The conversion of nutriments into living tissue; constructive metabolism.
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Dissimilation➦
misspelling of dissimulation
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Assimilation➦
(Linguistics) The process by which a sound is modified so that it becomes similar or identical to an adjacent or nearby sound. For example, the prefix in- becomes im- in impossible by assimilation to the labial p of possible.
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Dissimilation➦
The act of making dissimilar.
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Assimilation➦
The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.
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Dissimilation➦
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other;
the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation
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Assimilation➦
The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
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Dissimilation➦
breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy
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Assimilation➦
The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
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Assimilation➦
(by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
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Assimilation➦
(phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.
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Assimilation➦
The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.
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Assimilation➦
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
To aspire to an assimilation with God.
The assimilation of gases and vapors.
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Assimilation➦
The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
Not conversing the body, not repairing it by assimilation, but preserving it by ventilation.
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Assimilation➦
the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
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Assimilation➦
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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Assimilation➦
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
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Assimilation➦
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
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Assimilation➦
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
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Assimilation➦
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
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