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Tillite vs Conglomerate - What's the difference?

tillite | conglomerate |

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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 .
  • conglomerate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cluster of heterogeneous things.
  • * Trench
  • A conglomerate of marvellous anecdotes.
  • (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
  • A conglomerate , therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement.

    See also

    * *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Clustered together into a mass.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate
  • * Cheyne
  • Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands.
    conglomerate flowers
  • (geology) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rock, cemented together.
  • Verb

    (conglomerat)
  • To combine together into a larger mass.
  • (business) To combine together into a larger corporation.