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Assemblage vs Concourse - What's the difference?

assemblage | concourse | Synonyms |

Assemblage is a synonym of concourse.


As nouns the difference between assemblage and concourse

is that assemblage is a collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled while concourse is a large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal.

assemblage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part= , But scarce was supper well over, before a change so incredible was wrought in me, such violent, yet pleasingly irksome sensations took possession of me that I scarce knew how to contain myself; the smart of the lashes was now converted into such a prickly heat, such fiery tinglings, as made me sigh, squeeze my thighs together, shift and wriggle about my seat, with a furious restlessness; whilst these itching ardours, thus excited in those parts on which the storm of discipline had principally fallen, detached legions of burning, subtile, stimulating spirits, to their opposite spot and centre of assemblage , where their titillation raged so furiously, that I was even stinging mad with them.}} Memoirs of Fanny Hill
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • Derived terms

    * (energy medicine) ----

    concourse

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia concourse) (en noun)
  • A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal.
  • A large group of people; a crowd.
  • * , The Publisher to the Reader
  • About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours.
  • * Prescott
  • Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade.
  • The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
  • * 1662 - Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , First Day:
  • ... there was only wanting the concourse of rains ...
  • * Sir M. Hale
  • The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
  • The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses.
  • An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
  • (obsolete) concurrence; cooperation
  • * Barrow
  • The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding.

    Usage notes

    In sense "open space", particularly used of indoor spaces, by contrast with (m), (m), (m), etc. However, may be used for outdoor spaces as well, primarily high-traffic areas in front of a building.

    Coordinate terms

    * (open space) (l), (l)