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Stones vs Aggregate - What's the difference?

stones | aggregate |

In lang=en terms the difference between stones and aggregate

is that stones is courage while aggregate is the full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.

As nouns the difference between stones and aggregate

is that stones is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while aggregate is a mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

As verbs the difference between stones and aggregate

is that stones is third-person singular of stone while aggregate is to bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

As a proper noun Stones

is the Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century.

As an adjective aggregate is

formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.

stones

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century
  • * 2008 , March 22, Exile On Main St: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, by Robert Greenfield , review in , by Steven Poole
    • And so the Stones somehow make Exile On Main St there, in a rigged-up studio in the basement.

    Anagrams

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    aggregate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.(rfex)
  • A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.(rfex)
  • (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
  • (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
  • (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
  • Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete. (technical)

    • Synonyms

    * mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars: cluster

    See also

    * twelve-tone technique * serialism

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up
  • Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  • Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
    • aggregate glands.
  • (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  • Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  • United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

    • Verb

    (aggregat)
  • To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
    • The aggregated soil .
  • To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
  • To amount in the aggregate to.
    • ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels .

    Antonyms

    * segregate

    References

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