1 Hourglass: Torso and hips are approximately the same width - with waist definition.  Apple: Torso and upper body wider than your hips - with little or no waist definition. You might have weight surrounding your waist.
From a legal point of view, a merger is a legal consolidation of two entities into one entity, whereas an acquisition occurs when one entity takes ownership of another entity's stock, equity interests or assets.
Definition of merge for English Language Learners. : 1  to cause (two or more things, such as two companies) to come together and become one thing : to join or unite (one thing) with another. : 2  to become joined or united. : 3  to change into or become part of something else in a very gradual way.