Convergence vs Conflation - What's the difference?
convergence | conflation |
The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
A meeting place.
The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
(mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
(physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
(biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(countable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
As nouns the difference between convergence and conflation
is that convergence is the act of moving toward union or uniformity while conflation is a blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.convergence
English
Noun
(wikipedia convergence)- The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. — Berkeley.
- We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
