collection vs dissipation

collection

noun
  • A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. 

  • A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set. 

  • The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. 

  • The activity of collecting. 

  • Multiple related objects associated as a group. 

  • The quality of being collected; calm composure. 

  • A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. 

  • A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. 

  • Debt collection. 

dissipation

noun
  • A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. 

  • A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system. 

  • A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. 

  • The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. 

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