The difference between Collect and Mass
When used as nouns, collect means the prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the book of common prayer, whereas mass means a quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
When used as verbs, collect means to gather together, whereas mass means to form or collect into a mass.
When used as adjectives, collect means to be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment, whereas mass means involving a mass of things.
Collect is also adverb with the meaning: with payment due from the recipient.
check bellow for the other definitions of Collect and Mass
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Collect as a verb (transitive):
To gather together; amass.
Examples:
"Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out."
"The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall. [[File:The team uses special equipment to collect data on temperature, wind speed and rainfall.ogg]]"
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Collect as a verb (transitive):
To get; particularly, get from someone.
Examples:
"A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house."
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Collect as a verb (transitive):
To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
Examples:
"John Henry collects stamps."
"I don't think he collects as much as hoards."
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Collect as a verb (transitive, now, rare):
To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare , .)
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Collect as a verb (intransitive, often with ''on'' or ''against''):
To collect payments.
Examples:
"He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made."
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Collect as a verb (intransitive):
To come together in a group or mass.
Examples:
"The rain collected in puddles."
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Collect as a verb (transitive):
To infer; to conclude.
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Collect as a verb (transitive, of a vehicle or driver):
To collide with or crash into (another vehicle or obstacle).
Examples:
"The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction."
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Collect as an adjective:
To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
Examples:
"It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay."
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Collect as an adverb:
With payment due from the recipient.
Examples:
"I had to call collect."
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Collect as a noun (Christianity):
The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
Examples:
"He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon."
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Mass as a noun (physical):
Matter, material. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size Precious metal, especially gold or silver. The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement. A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass. A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor. Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
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Mass as a noun:
A large quantity; a sum.
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Mass as a noun (quantity):
Large in number. Bulk; magnitude; body; size. The principal part; the main body. A large body of individuals, especially persons. The lower classes of persons.
Examples:
"The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field."
"A mass of ships converged on the beaches of Dunkirk."
"The masses are revolting."
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Mass as a verb (transitive):
To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
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Mass as a verb (intransitive):
To have a certain mass.
Examples:
"I mass 70 kilograms"
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Mass as an adjective:
Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
Examples:
"There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past."
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Mass as an adjective:
Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
Examples:
"Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse."
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Mass as a noun (Christianity):
The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
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Mass as a noun (Christianity):
Celebration of the Eucharist.
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Mass as a noun (Christianity, usually as ''the [[Mass]]''):
The sacrament of the Eucharist.
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Mass as a noun:
A musical setting of parts of the mass.
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Mass as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To celebrate mass.
Examples:
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