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Ammonite vs Salagrama - What's the difference?

ammonite | salagrama |

As nouns the difference between ammonite and salagrama

is that ammonite is native or inhabitant of ammon while salagrama is a fossil ammonite held by the hindus to be representative of vishnu.

As a proper noun ammonite

is extinct canaanite language of the ammonite people who used to live in modern-day northwest jordan, and after whom its capital amman is named extinct since 5th century bce.

ammonite

English

Noun

(wikipedia ammonite) (en noun)
  • An explosive prepared from ammonium nitrate; amatol
  • Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea ; a fossil shell of such an animal

    • salagrama

    English

    (wikipedia Salagrama)

    Alternative forms

    * Saligrama * Saligram * Shaligrama * Shalagrama

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fossil ammonite held by the Hindus to be representative of Vishnu.