The difference between Agglutinate and Glue

When used as verbs, agglutinate means to unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance, whereas glue means to join or attach something using glue.


Agglutinate is also adjective with the meaning: united with glue or as with glue.

Glue is also noun with the meaning: a hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive.

check bellow for the other definitions of Agglutinate and Glue

  1. Agglutinate as an adjective:

    United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.

  2. Agglutinate as an adjective (linguistics):

    Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning

    Examples:

    "an agglutinate language"

    "an agglutinate family of languages"

  1. Agglutinate as a verb (transitive):

    To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

  2. Agglutinate as a verb (linguistics):

    To form through agglutination.

  1. Glue as a noun:

    A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

  2. Glue as a noun (figurative):

    Anything that binds two things or people together.

  3. Glue as a noun (obsolete):

    Birdlime.

  1. Glue as a verb (transitive):

    To join or attach something using glue.

    Examples:

    "I need to glue the chair-leg back into place."

  2. Glue as a verb (transitive):

    To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.

    Examples:

    "His eyes were glued to the screen."

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