different between agglomeration vs conflation

English

From agglomerate +? -ion.

agglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations)

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.

Borrowed from Late Latin conflatio, conflationem, from Latin conflatus.

conflation (countable and uncountable, plural conflations)

(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.

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