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
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Assimilate as a verb (transitive):
To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
Examples:
"Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."
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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."
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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."
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Assimilate as a verb (transitive):
To compare to something similar.
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Assimilate as a verb (transitive):
To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir M. Hale"
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Assimilate as a verb (intransitive):
To become similar.
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Assimilate as a verb (intransitive):
To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
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Assimilate as a noun:
Something that is or has been assimilated.
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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."
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Process as a noun (manufacturing):
A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
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Process as a noun:
A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
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Process as a noun (anatomy):
Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
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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.
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Process as a noun (biology):
An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
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Process as a noun (anatomy):
A structure that arises above a surface.
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Process as a noun (computing):
An executable task or program.
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Process as a noun:
The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
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Process as a verb (transitive):
To perform a particular process on a thing.
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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."
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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."
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Process as a verb (mostly, British):
To walk in a procession.