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2 Assemblage, assembly are not always interchangeable in concrete use.Assemblage may be used freely in reference either to persons or to things{
an assemblage of farmers from every section of the state
}{an assemblage of the city’s manufactured products for exhibition
}It may imply a unit that is a collection of individuals of the same general kind or one that is a whole formed by the union of miscellaneous things{an assemblage of logs
}{an automobile is an assemblage of various distinct parts
}It may be applied to something that can be seen as a unit or whole or that can be conceived as such{we have just been picturing nature as an assemblage of particles set in a framework of space and time— Jeans
}Assembly, on the other hand, was until recently restricted in its application to a group of persons who gather together in a given place usually for the purpose of acting as a unit or of social enjoyment or, in a more specific sense, in order to serve as a deliberative or legislative body{the mayor decided to call an assembly of the citizens
}{the New York State Assembly
}There is a tendency to use assembly instead of assemblage of a structure or machine and especially of part of a machine that is formed by the union of different parts{a hub assembly
}Analogous words: (see those at ASSEMBLAGE 1)
New Dictionary of Synonyms. 2014.