Conglomerate vs Agglomerate - What's the difference?
conglomerate | agglomerate |
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.
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.
To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
In geology terms the difference between conglomerate and agglomerate
is that conglomerate is composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rock, cemented together while agglomerate is a mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.As nouns the difference between conglomerate and agglomerate
is that conglomerate is a cluster of heterogeneous things while agglomerate is a collection or mass.As adjectives the difference between conglomerate and agglomerate
is that conglomerate is clustered together into a mass while agglomerate is collected into a ball, heap, or mass.As verbs the difference between conglomerate and agglomerate
is that conglomerate is to combine together into a larger mass while agglomerate is to wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.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
