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Granule vs Agglomerate - What's the difference?

granule | agglomerate |

As nouns the difference between granule and agglomerate

is that granule is granule while agglomerate is a collection or mass.

As adjectives the difference between granule and agglomerate

is that granule is granulated while agglomerate is collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

As verbs the difference between granule and agglomerate

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

granule

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tiny grain, a small particle.
  • (biology) A small structure in a cell.
  • (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also .
  • 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