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Aggregation vs Druse - What's the difference?

aggregation | druse |

As nouns the difference between aggregation and druse

is that aggregation is the act of collecting together (aggregating) while druse is an inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals.

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.

    • druse

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mineralogy) An inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
  • * 1889 , Dana et al'', ''A System of Mineralogy
    • Occurs as a fine coating over the minerals in druses or cavities in the granite.
  • * 1984 , Science Reports of the Tohoku University
    • A lot of druses are found in the vein, and euhedral crystals of quartz, marcasite and sphalerite are observed as druse minerals.
  • (botany) An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
  • (ophthalmology) A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
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