Montage vs. Assemblage — What's the Difference?

The technique of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole

The act of assembling.

A single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs.

The state of being assembled.

The art or process of making such a composition.

A collection of people or things; a gathering.

A relatively rapid succession of different shots in a movie.

A collection of items from a single datable component of an archaeological site.

The juxtaposition of such successive shots as a cinematic technique.

A fitting together of parts, as those in a machine.

A composite of closely juxtaposed elements

A sculptural composition consisting of an arrangement of miscellaneous objects or found materials.

To use or incorporate in a montage.

The process of assembling or bringing together.

(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.

A collection of things which have been gathered together or assembled.

(uncountable) The art or process of doing this.

(archaeology) A group of different artifacts found in association with one another.

(transitive) To combine into, or depict as, a montage.

(arts) A visual art form similar to collage, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional, often found, elements into works of art.

A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image;

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

A group of persons together in one place

A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose

The social act of assembling;

Several things grouped together or considered as a whole