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Aggregation vs Agglutination - What's the difference?

aggregation | agglutination |

As nouns the difference between aggregation and agglutination

is that aggregation is the act of collecting together (aggregating) while agglutination is the act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

aggregation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of collecting together (aggregating).
  • The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
  • A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  • (networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route.
  • (epidemiology) the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
  • agglutination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
  • Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
  • The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
  • Derived terms

    * coagglutination