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agglutinate vs haemagglutinate

haemagglutinate vs agglutinate

agglutinate is an adjective but haemagglutinate is not an adjective.

agglutinate and haemagglutinate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
agglutinate No Yes Yes No
haemagglutinate No No Yes No
As verbs, haemagglutinate is a hyponym of agglutinate; that is, haemagglutinate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than agglutinate:
  • agglutinate: clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
  • haemagglutinate: cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
Other hyponyms of agglutinate include hemagglutinate.
agglutinate (adjective) haemagglutinate (adjective)
united as if by glue
agglutinate (verb) haemagglutinate (verb)
clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. cause the clumping together (of red blood cells)
string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
Difference between agglutinate and haemagglutinate

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