The difference between Integrate and Merge
When used as verbs, integrate means to form into one whole, whereas merge means to combine into a whole.
Merge is also noun with the meaning: the joining together of multiple sources.
check bellow for the other definitions of Integrate and Merge
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Integrate as a verb:
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
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Integrate as a verb:
To include as a constituent part or functionality.
Examples:
"They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance."
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Integrate as a verb:
To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
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Integrate as a verb (mathematics):
To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
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Integrate as a verb:
To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.
Examples:
"The refugees were well integrated into the community."
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Integrate as a verb (genetics):
To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.
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Merge as a verb (transitive):
To combine into a whole.
Examples:
"Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions."
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Merge as a verb (intransitive):
To combine into a whole.
Examples:
"The two companies merged."
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Merge as a verb:
To blend gradually into something else.
Examples:
"The lanes of traffic merged."
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Merge as a noun:
The joining together of multiple sources.
Examples:
"There are often accidents at that traffic merge."
"The merge of the two documents failed."