New linguistic pet peeve dropped: people saying "accrue" when they mean "accumulate"
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@electrocutie "accrue" is something that implies exponential growth, particularly in earning interest on an investment or the like, whereas "accumulate" just means, like, it collects more stuff over time.
@electrocutie like you accrue interest on an investment, but your shoes accumulate dirt and mud over time
@electrocutie this is the same level of nitpicky as how my mom can't stand when people use "utilize" when they mean "use," because "utilize" has a connotation of "use for a purpose for which it wasn't intended."
@fluffy what is the difference in your own words? Their definitions are so similar that I cannot guess at the sin