clustering vs conglomerate

clustering

adj
  • Forming a cluster. 

noun
  • The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table. 

  • A grouping of a number of similar things. 

  • A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays. 

  • The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion. 

conglomerate

adj
  • Clustered together into a mass. 

  • Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together. 

noun
  • A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix. 

  • A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity. 

  • A cluster of heterogeneous things. 

verb
  • To combine together into a larger mass. 

  • To combine together into a larger corporation. 

How often have the words clustering and conglomerate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )