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Amalgam vs Aggregation - What's the difference?

amalgam | aggregation |

As nouns the difference between amalgam and aggregation

is that amalgam is amalgam (alloy containing mercury) while aggregation is .

amalgam

Noun

(amalgams)
  • (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
  • A combination of different things
  • Synonyms

    * alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
  • (Boyle)
    (Ben Jonson)

    References

    ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (l)
  • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun, amàlg?m, amalgami , amalgáma, amalgama , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgam, amalgame , amalgame, amalgami , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgamom, amalgamima }} ----

    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.