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Agglomerate vs Composite - What's the difference?

agglomerate | composite |

As adjectives the difference between agglomerate and composite

is that agglomerate is collected into a ball, heap, or mass while composite is made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

As nouns the difference between agglomerate and composite

is that agglomerate is a collection or mass while composite is a mixture of different components.

As verbs the difference between agglomerate and composite

is that agglomerate is to wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass while composite is to make a composite.

agglomerate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • collected into a ball, heap, or mass
  • Synonyms

    * agglomerated

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection or mass.
  • (geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate .
  • (meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
  • Synonyms

    * (collection or mass ): agglomeration, collection, mass

    Verb

  • To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
  • Synonyms

    * amass, bundle up, gather, gather up, wind

    composite

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  • (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  • (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  • (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
  • Derived terms

    * composite bow * composite sketch

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mixture of different components.
  • A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  • (botany) A plant belonging to the family Compositae .
  • (mathematics) A function of a function.
  • (chiefly, law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
  • Derived terms

    * DYC

    Verb

    (composit)
  • To make a composite.
  • I composited an image using computer software.