dovetail vs incorporate

dovetail

verb
  • To combine or fit (things) together well. 

  • Of several things: to combine or fit together well. 

  • To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint. 

  • To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously. 

noun
  • In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes. 

  • The tail of a dove (family Columbidae); also, something having the shape of a dove's tail. 

  • A tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint. 

  • A line resembling a dovetail joint (sense 2.1). 

incorporate

verb
  • To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend 

  • To admit as a member of a company 

  • To form into a legal company. 

  • To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments). 

  • To include (something) as a part. 

  • To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass. 

  • To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody. 

adj
  • Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual. 

  • Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation. 

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