Amalgam vs Conglomerate - What's the difference?
amalgam | conglomerate |
(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
A combination of different things
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==Serbo-Croatian==
(l)
A cluster of heterogeneous things.
* Trench
(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
(geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.
* Lyell
Clustered together into a mass.
* Francis Bacon
* Cheyne
(geology) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rock, cemented together.
To combine together into a larger mass.
(business) To combine together into a larger corporation.
As nouns the difference between amalgam and conglomerate
is that amalgam is amalgam (alloy containing mercury) while conglomerate is a cluster of heterogeneous things.As an adjective conglomerate is
clustered together into a mass.As a verb conglomerate is
to combine together into a larger mass.amalgam
English
(wikipedia amalgam)Noun
(amalgams)Synonyms
* alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixtureReferences
Noun
Declension
{{sh-decl-noun, amàlg?m, amalgami , amalgáma, amalgama , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgam, amalgame , amalgame, amalgami , amalgamu, amalgamima , amalgamom, amalgamima }} ----conglomerate
English
(wikipedia conglomerate)Noun
(en noun)- A conglomerate of marvellous anecdotes.
- A conglomerate , therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement.
See also
* *Adjective
(en adjective)- beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate
- Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands.
- conglomerate flowers