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- Word comparison: cumulative vs. accumulative
cumulative vs. accumulative
adjective
- increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions:
the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
- formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements.
- of or relating to interest or dividends that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment in the future:
cumulative preferred stocks.
adjective
- tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.