Conglomeration vs. Medley — What's the Difference?

The act or process of conglomerating.

An often jumbled assortment; a mixture

The state of being conglomerated.

(Music) An arrangement made from a series of melodies, often from various sources.

An accumulation of miscellaneous things.

(Sports) An event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race.

That which consists of many previously separate parts.

Combat, fighting; a battle.

An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts.

A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.

The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation.

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.

That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge.

(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.

A rounded spherical form

A cloth of mixed colours.

A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

(music) To combine, to form a medley.

An occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass

A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; - often used contemptuously.

The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée.

A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.

A cloth of mixed colors.

Mixed; of mixed material or color.

Mingled; confused.

A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources