collation

nouns

a light informal meal
bite, collation, snack
assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
collation
is derived from
collate
is a type of (narrower)
the act of gathering something together
aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection
careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
collation
is derived from
collate
is a type of (narrower)
the act of examining resemblances
"they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator"
comparing, comparison