add vs garner

add

verb
  • To make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on. 

  • To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on. 

  • To summon minions or reinforcements. 

  • To combine elements of (something) into one quantity. 

  • To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on). 

  • To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. 

  • To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up. 

  • To perform the arithmetical operation of addition. 

noun
  • The addition of a song to a station's playlist. 

  • An act or instance of adding. 

  • An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target. 

garner

verb
  • To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored. 

  • To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain. 

  • To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary. 

  • To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact 

noun
  • An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something. 

  • A granary; a store of grain. 

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