Accumulate and Settle

Accumulate

Accumulate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.

Settle and accumulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "Accumulate".

Settle

Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

Accumulate and settle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Accumulate" instead a verb "Settle".

Common collocations

debt accumulate debt settle debt
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