Comparing files in a folder with those in another folder with multiple subfolders

is there a non-terminal tool that i can buy that will do the following?:
i want to compare the files that are nicely sorted into nested sub-folders and sub-sub folder in /one/ folder with those that are sitting - in bulk - in another folder.
effectively i want to then /delete/ the duplicated files in the /bulk/ folder and sort the remaining files - the ones that are not dupes - in with the files that are already sorted. i don't want to delete the files that i already filed obviously and I only want to add the files that are not dupes.
i'm dealing with pdf's in this case.
TIA

hotwheels 22 wrote:
i wonder if anyone has tried Araxis Merge?
Merge for Mac is here
<http://www.araxis.com/merge_mac/index.html>
It does folder sync -- and there are quite a few other folder sync tools out there. But that's not what you asked.
files that are nicely sorted into nested sub-folders and sub-sub folder […]
sort the remaining files […] in with the files that are already sorted
That's not folder sync'ing. I doubt you'll find an app which does that out-of-the-box.

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