The difference between Amass and Amound
When used as verbs, amass means to collect into a mass or heap, whereas amound means to accumulate, to mound up, to amount.
Amass is also noun with the meaning: a mass.
check bellow for the other definitions of Amass and Amound
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Amass as a verb (transitive):
To collect into a mass or heap
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Amass as a verb (transitive):
to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
Examples:
"to amass a treasure or a fortune"
"to amass words or phrases"
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Amass as a noun (obsolete):
A mass; a heap.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir H. Wotton"
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Amound as a verb (rare, intransitive):
To accumulate, to mound up, to amount.