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Aggregate vs Deposit - What's the difference?

aggregate | deposit |

As nouns the difference between aggregate and deposit

is that aggregate is while deposit is sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material sometimes refers to ore or gems.

As a verb deposit is

to lay down; to place; to put.

aggregate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.(rfex)
  • A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.(rfex)
  • (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
  • (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
  • (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
  • Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. (technical)
  • Synonyms

    * mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars: cluster

    See also

    * twelve-tone technique * serialism

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up
  • Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  • Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
  • aggregate glands.
  • (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  • Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  • United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
  • Verb

    (aggregat)
  • To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
  • The aggregated soil .
  • To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
  • To amount in the aggregate to.
  • ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels .

    Antonyms

    * segregate

    References

    * English heteronyms ----

    deposit

    English

    Alternative forms

    * deposite

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
  • That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.
  • (banking) Money placed in an account.
  • Anything left behind on a surface.
  • a mineral deposit
    a deposit of seaweed on the shore
  • (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
  • They put a deposit on the apartment.
  • A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
  • A place of deposit; a depository.
  • Derived terms

    * security deposit * container-deposit * bottle deposit * can deposit

    See also

    * refundable

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay down; to place; to put.
  • A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
    The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • The fear is deposited in conscience.
  • To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
  • to deposit goods in a warehouse
  • To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
  • To put money or funds into an account.
  • To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
  • (Hammond)

    Antonyms

    * withdrawal

    Anagrams

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