Tillite vs Conglomerate - What's the difference?
tillite | conglomerate |
(geology) Glacial till cemented into a solid rock.
*2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 127:
*:The most straightforward example is probably provided by tillites .
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.
In geology terms the difference between tillite and conglomerate
is that tillite is glacial till cemented into a solid rock while conglomerate is composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rock, cemented together.As an adjective conglomerate is
clustered together into a mass.As a verb conglomerate is
to combine together into a larger mass.tillite
English
(wikipedia tillite)Noun
(en noun)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