Conglomerate vs Cartel - What's the difference?
conglomerate | cartel |
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 group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
A written letter of defiance or challenge.
* Sir Walter Scott
*, Folio Society, 2006, p.22:
An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
(nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.
As nouns the difference between conglomerate and cartel
is that conglomerate is a cluster of heterogeneous things while cartel is a group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.As an adjective conglomerate
is clustered together into a mass.As a verb conglomerate
is to combine together into a larger 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
Verb
(conglomerat)cartel
English
(wikipedia cartel)Noun
(en noun)- He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel .
- Xerxes'' whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill ''Athos .
- (Wilhelm)
