Merge vs. Incorporate — What's the Difference?

To combine or unite into a single entity

To unite (one thing) with something else already in existence

To become combined or united

To admit as a member to a corporation or similar organization.

(transitive) To combine into a whole.

To cause to merge or combine together into a united whole.

(intransitive) To combine into a whole.

To cause to form into a legal corporation

To blend gradually into something else.

To give substance or material form to; embody.

The joining together of multiple sources.

To become united or combined into an organized body.

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

To become or form a legal corporation

To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost.

(Linguistics) To move from the head of one phrase to the head of another, forming a new word by affixing onto that head, as in certain languages when a noun object of a verb is affixed to the verb.

Become one;

Combined into one united body; merged.

Mix together different elements;

Formed into a legal corporation.

Join or combine;

(transitive) To include (something) as a part.

(transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

(transitive) To admit as a member of a company

(transitive) To form into a legal company.

To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).

To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.

To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

(obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation.

Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.

Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.

To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.

To unite with, or introduce into, a mass already formed; as, to incorporate copper with silver; - used with with and into.

To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work.

To form into a legal body, or body politic; to constitute into a corporation recognized by law, with special functions, rights, duties and liabilities; as, to incorporate a bank, a railroad company, a city or town, etc.

To unite in one body so as to make a part of it; to be mixed or blended; - usually followed by with.

Make into a whole or make part of a whole;

Include or contain; have as a component;

Form a corporation

Unite or merge with something already in existence;

Formed or united into a whole