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Clump vs Agglomerate - What's the difference?

clump | agglomerate |

As nouns the difference between clump and agglomerate

is that clump is a cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass while agglomerate is a collection or mass.

As verbs the difference between clump and agglomerate

is that clump is to form clusters or lumps while agglomerate is to wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

As an adjective agglomerate is

collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

clump

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
  • A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
  • * Hawthorne
    • a clump of shrubby trees
  • A dull thud.
  • The compressed clay of coal strata.

    • Derived terms

    * clumpy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form clusters or lumps
  • To gather into thick groups
  • To walk with heavy footfalls.

    • Derived terms

    * clump up

    References

    English onomatopoeias

    agglomerate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • collected into a ball, heap, or mass

    • Synonyms

    * agglomerated

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection or mass.
  • (geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate .
  • (meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.

    • Synonyms

    * (collection or mass ): agglomeration, collection, mass

    Verb

  • To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

    • Synonyms

    * amass, bundle up, gather, gather up, wind

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