The difference between Assimilate and Process

When used as nouns, assimilate means something that is or has been assimilated, whereas process means a series of events which produce a result (the ).

When used as verbs, assimilate means to incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion, whereas process means to perform a particular process on a thing.


check bellow for the other definitions of Assimilate and Process

  1. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

    Examples:

    "Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."

  2. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

    Examples:

    "The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said."

  3. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

    Examples:

    "The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race."

  4. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To compare to something similar.

  5. Assimilate as a verb (transitive):

    To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir M. Hale"

  6. Assimilate as a verb (intransitive):

    To become similar.

  7. Assimilate as a verb (intransitive):

    To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

  1. Assimilate as a noun:

    Something that is or has been assimilated.

  1. Process as a noun:

    A series of events which produce a result (the ).

    Examples:

    "This [[product]] of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed."

  2. Process as a noun (manufacturing):

    A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

  3. Process as a noun:

    A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

  4. Process as a noun (anatomy):

    Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

  5. Process as a noun (legal):

    Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

  6. Process as a noun (biology):

    An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

  7. Process as a noun (anatomy):

    A structure that arises above a surface.

  8. Process as a noun (computing):

    An executable task or program.

  9. Process as a noun:

    The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

  1. Process as a verb (transitive):

    To perform a particular process on a thing.

  2. Process as a verb (transitive):

    To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

    Examples:

    "We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions."

  3. Process as a verb (transitive):

    To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

    Examples:

    "I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process."

  1. Process as a verb (mostly, British):

    To walk in a procession.

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