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Aggregate vs Union - What's the difference?

aggregate | union |

As nouns the difference between aggregate and union

is that aggregate is while union is union (action and result).

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 ----

    union

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
  • (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
  • (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
  • (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
  • * , chapter=22
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
  • (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
  • (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
  • (countable) The act or state of marriage.
  • (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
  • (countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
  • A large, high-quality pearl.
  • *, II.3.3:
  • Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, andan union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […].

    Synonyms

    * junction, coalition, combination

    Derived terms

    * banjo union * enterprise union * trades union, trade union * union card * unionised, unionized * European Union * Soviet Union

    See also

    * intersection * (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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