different between aggregation vs assortment

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aggregation (plural aggregations)

The act of collecting together (aggregating).
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
(networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
(epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
(object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.

assort +? -ment

assortment (plural assortments)

A collection of varying but related items.
This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

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