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Agglomerate vs Lump - What's the difference?

agglomerate | lump |

As nouns the difference between agglomerate and lump

is that agglomerate is a collection or mass while lump is cad.

As an adjective agglomerate

is collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

As a verb agglomerate

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

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

    lump

    English

    (wikipedia lump)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
  • Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps .
    a lump''' of coal; a '''lump''' of clay; a '''lump of cheese
  • A group, set, or unit.
  • The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
  • Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
  • A dull or lazy person.
  • Don't just sit there like a lump .
  • (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
  • He's taken his lumps over the years.
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  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
  • Derived terms

    * lumpectomy * lump in one’s throat * lumpy * lump-sun

    Hyponyms

    * nubble

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together.
  • People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.

    See also

    * take one’s lumps * lump it * like it or lump it

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