Noun
collecting -
the act of gathering something together
collection ,
assembling ,
aggregation
grouping the activity of putting things together in groups
agglomeration the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating
collation careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement
compiling ,
compilation the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
gather ,
gathering the act of gathering something
bottle collection collecting bottles for reuse
conchology ,
shell collecting the collection and study of mollusc shells
coin collecting ,
numismatics ,
numismatology ,
coin collection the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
pickup the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
philately ,
stamp collecting ,
stamp collection the collection and study of postage stamps
