the difference between assimilation and accommodation.

Answer 1

http://www.answers.com/topic/assimilation
Scroll down to the definition/explanation under Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health.

http://www.answers.com/topic/accommodation and http://www.answers.com/topic/adaptation
Read several of the definitions for both of these.

Consider what the two concepts have in common, and then their differences will become clearer to you.

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