Aggregate vs. Agglomerate

Aggregatenoun

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

Aggregatenoun

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Aggregatenoun

A set collection of objects.

Aggregatenoun

(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.

Aggregatenoun

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores

Aggregatenoun

(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.

Aggregatenoun

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.

Aggregatenoun

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

Aggregateadjective

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

Aggregateadjective

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

Aggregateadjective

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

Aggregateadjective

(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.

Aggregateadjective

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

Aggregateadjective

United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

Aggregateverb

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

Aggregateverb

To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

Aggregateverb

(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

Aggregateverb

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

Aggregateverb

To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

Aggregateverb

To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Aggregateadjective

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

Aggregateadjective

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

Aggregateadjective

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Aggregateadjective

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

Aggregateadjective

United into a common organized mass; - said of certain compound animals.

Aggregatenoun

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

Aggregatenoun

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; - in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Aggregatenoun

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Aggregatenoun

the whole amount

Aggregateverb

amount in the aggregate to

Aggregateverb

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Aggregateadjective

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;

Aggregateadjective

formed of separate units in a cluster;

Aggregatenoun

a whole formed by combining several separate elements

Aggregatenoun

the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round

Aggregatenoun

a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together

Aggregatenoun

pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building

Aggregateadjective

formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total

Aggregateadjective

(of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.

Aggregateadjective

denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.

Aggregateverb

form or group into a class or cluster

Aggregateverb

collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them

Agglomerateadjective

collected into a ball, heap, or mass

Agglomeratenoun

A collection or mass.

Agglomeratenoun

(geology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.

Agglomeratenoun

(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.

Agglomerateverb

(ambitransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Agglomerateverb

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

Agglomerateverb

To collect in a mass.

Agglomerateadjective

Collected into a ball, heap, or mass.

Agglomerateadjective

Collected into a rounded head of flowers.

Agglomeratenoun

A collection or mass.

Agglomeratenoun

A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; - distinguished from conglomerate.

Agglomerateverb

form into one cluster

Agglomerateadjective

clustered together but not coherent;

Agglomerateverb

collect or form into a mass or group

Agglomeratenoun

a mass or collection of things

Agglomeratenoun

a volcanic rock consisting of large fragments bonded together.

Agglomerateadjective

collected or formed into a mass.

Agglomerate

Agglomerate (from the Latin agglomerare meaning ) is a coarse accumulation of large blocks of volcanic material that contains at least 75% bombs. Volcanic bombs differ from volcanic blocks in that their shape records fluidal surfaces: they may, for example, have ropy, cauliform, scoriaceous, folded, spindle, spatter, ribbon, ragged, or amoeboid shapes.