Conglomerate vs Empire - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
Definition as Noun
- a group of countries under a single authority
- a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
- an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
- a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
- the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
Definition as Adjective
- composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
Examples
- "the conglomerate peoples of New England"
- "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
- "the British created a great empire"