procession vs accumulation

accumulation vs procession

procession and accumulation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
procession	Yes	No	No	No
accumulation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, accumulation is a hypernym of procession; that is, accumulation is a word with a broader meaning than procession:

procession: the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation
accumulation: several things grouped together or considered as a whole

Other hypernyms of procession include group action, aggregation, assemblage, collection.

procession (noun)	accumulation (noun)
the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation	the act of accumulating
the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)	several things grouped together or considered as a whole
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost	(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
	an increase by natural growth or addition

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