Composite vs. Aggregate
Difference Between Composite and Aggregate
Compositeadjective
Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
Aggregatenoun
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
Compositeadjective
(architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
Aggregatenoun
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
Compositeadjective
(mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
Aggregatenoun
A set collection of objects.
Compositeadjective
(botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
Aggregatenoun
(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
Compositenoun
A mixture of different components.
Aggregatenoun
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores
Compositenoun
A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
Aggregatenoun
(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
Compositenoun
(botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
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.
Compositenoun
(mathematics) A function of a function.
Aggregatenoun
(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
Compositenoun
(mathematics) composite number
Aggregateadjective
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
Compositenoun
A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
Aggregateadjective
Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
Compositeverb
To make a composite.
I composited an image using computer software.Aggregateadjective
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
aggregate glandsCompositenoun
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new townAggregateadjective
(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.
Compositenoun
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
Aggregateadjective
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
Compositeadjective
consisting of separate interconnected parts
Aggregateadjective
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
Compositeadjective
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
Aggregateverb
(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
The aggregated soil.Compositeadjective
used of color
Aggregateverb
To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
Compositeadjective
a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination of Corinthian and Ionic)
Aggregateverb
(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.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;
aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire yearthe aggregated amount of indebtednessAggregateadjective
formed of separate units in a cluster;
raspberries are aggregate fruits
