con/a--glomerate

Hi,

These words can be used as nouns / verbs /adjectives. They have specialized geological meanings, as well as more common meanings.

conglomerate means to collect together into a mass where the parts are separate but well stuck together. We commonly refer to a business witn many different subsidiary companies as a conglomerate.

agglomerate is a word I have never heard in my life. I looked it up and it means a mass where the parts are stuck together in a disorderly kind of way. It's the opposite of conglomerate.

Best wishes, Clive

Hey Clive.

Yes, as I thought, the difference is hidden in the texture or order of the 'lump'.

"I looked it up and it means a mass where the parts are stuck together in a disorderly kind of way. It's the opposite of conglomerate."

I suppose you didn't mean by this they're complete antonyms...Just the so called sub-meaning a but differs methinks

I think 'glomus' is Latin for 'a ball'

Excellent point, Clive.  'Aggregate' and 'congregate' are more appropriate to flat work. 

When I've taught a studio class in collage, however, I always approached the word ('collage') as a principle of organization.  That approach allowed students of various disciplines, like sculpture, film, painting, even some music majors, to feel at home in the same 'studio'.