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Aggregation vs Consolidation - What's the difference?

aggregation | consolidation |

As nouns the difference between aggregation and consolidation

is that aggregation is the act of collecting together (aggregating) while consolidation is the act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

aggregation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of collecting together (aggregating).
  • The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
  • A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  • (networking) summarizing multiple routes into one route.
  • (epidemiology) the majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.

    • consolidation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
  • The combination of several actions into one.
  • (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.

    • Coordinate terms

    *(The act of uniting by combination) defragmentation