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Consolidation vs Centralization - What's the difference?

consolidation | centralization |

As nouns the difference between consolidation and centralization

is that consolidation is the act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination while centralization is the act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

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

    centralization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * centralisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.