Aggregate vs Troop - What's the difference?
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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)
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.
(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.
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
To amount in the aggregate to.
A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
* Shakespeare
(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
* Shakespeare
* Macaulay
(nonstandard) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
(label) A basic unit of girl or boy scouts, consisting of 6 to 10 youngsters.
A group of baboons.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
(mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
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, title= To march on; to go forward in haste.
To move or march as if in a crowd.
Aggregate is a related term of troop.
As nouns the difference between aggregate and troop
is that aggregate is while troop is a collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.As a verb troop is
to move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.aggregate
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars: clusterSee also
* twelve-tone technique * serialismReferences
* DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.Adjective
(en adjective)- aggregate glands.
Verb
(aggregat)- The aggregated soil .
- ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels .
Antonyms
* segregateReferences
* English heteronyms ----troop
English
Noun
(en noun)- That which should accompany old age — / As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends — / I must not look to have.
- Farewell the plumed troop , and the big wars.
- His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines.
Derived terms
* trooper * troopship * troop carrierVerb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.}}