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Aggregation vs Coalescence - What's the difference?

aggregation | coalescence |

As nouns the difference between aggregation and coalescence

is that aggregation is the act of collecting together (aggregating) while coalescence is the act of coalescing.

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.

    • coalescence

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia coalescence) (en noun)
  • The act of coalescing.
  • (phonology) The merging of two segments into one.

    • Derived terms

    * yod coalescence