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Collect vs. Gather
Collect
/kəˈlekt/Examples:
Then he collected the coffee cups and withdrew.Aramis seemed, for a moment, as if he were collecting himself.'Can you make this a collect call, operator?...
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Gather
/ˈɡaðə/Examples:
Even Julia hardly gathered the full import of it.Everything else in life is just gathering information.A crowd gathered around the woman with the broken hand.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Both collect and gather involve bringing items or people together, but collect often implies a systematic or purposeful approach.
- Collect can often refer to acquiring items as part of a hobby or systematic effort, like collecting stamps.
- Gather can suggest a more informal or spontaneous action, such as gathering friends for a meeting.
- When thinking of collect, envision someone with a checklist or a predefined goal in mind.
- Imagine gather as herding items or people without strict intention or goal.
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