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.
A merger is distinguished from a consolidation in which both companies join together to create a new corporation. 2) in real property law, when an owner of an interest in property acquires a greater or lesser interest in the same property, the two interests become one.