Thread:CakeBuu/@comment-2113997-20180103191428/@comment-27996636-20180103193854

I quote the author-

" It is more of an assimilation (the alternate title of this type of fusion ) than fusion, as one Namekian absorbs the energy, strength, memories, and intelligence or thought pattern of another. Both participants must willingly consent to fuse in this manner and usually the pair agrees to the stronger of the two to serve their body as the host; the reason for this consent is that the body of the absorbed Namekian disappears during this fusion and the consciousness ceases to exist as a body. The agreed host places his hand over the chest of the other one and through unknown thoughts, a flash merges them. After the fusion, the non-host's consciousness lives inside the body of the host from this point onwards and their life span as a body ends. The host's consciousness dominates the body, while the non-host serves to aid him by supplying information, thereby meaning that the absorbed consciousness remains separate from the host's. It is also possible to merge with more than two Namekians. There doesn't appear to be a limit in how many Namekians can fuse into a single being,  Saonel  and  Pirina having fused with a large but undetermined number of fellow Namekians from  Universe 6. It's unknown if the mentioned Namekians, already being the product of a large number of fusions, could fuse together."

The author mentions the word assimilation once, they end up calling it fusion there after.

They called it fusion in the anime too.

Assimlation and Absorbtion are almost the same word.

Assimilation describes the "likeness"  and ending up with similar powers though which is what this page is for, and the assimilators here want to have power like their victims so I thought it was closer to the act of assimilation than just absorption.

I would describe what happens to Namekians to be very similar to what Uub and Buu did, which is more of a spiritual fusion of mind and body. Piccolo hasn't seemed to assimilate any likeness or similarity looks wise, all he gets is a voice in his head and a power increase, where as all the cards here assimilate the powers/moves and looks and personalitys in Buu's case too.

I did see that page before naming it and I didn't think he made a strong case for the name assimilation other than "its more of an assimilation" is too loose to take as law.