Cumulative vs. Accumulative

By Jaxson

  • Cumulative (adjective)

    Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating

  • Cumulative (adjective)

    That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions

  • Cumulative (adjective)

    That tends to accumulate

  • Cumulative (adjective)

    Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid

  • Accumulative (adjective)

    Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass

  • Accumulative (adjective)

    Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

Wiktionary
  • Cumulative (adjective)

    increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions

    “the cumulative effect of two years of drought”

  • Accumulative (adjective)

    gathering or growing by gradual increases

    “the accumulative effects of pollution”

Oxford Dictionary

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