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Ashes vs Charcoal - What's the difference?

ashes | charcoal |

As a proper noun ashes

is .

As a noun charcoal is

(uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.

As an adjective charcoal is

of a dark gray colour.

As a verb charcoal is

to draw with charcoal.

ashes

English

Noun

(head)
  • Derived terms

    * rise from the ashes

    See also

    *

    charcoal

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal .}}
  • (countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
  • *
  • (countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
  • A very dark gray colour.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a dark gray colour.
  • Made of charcoal.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries.  By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}

    Derived terms

    * activated charcoal * charcoal burner * charcoal drawing * charcoal grey

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw with charcoal.
  • To cook over charcoal.
  • See also

    * carbo vegetabilis * briquette * brown coal * coal * coal pot * collier * fusain * kangri * wood coal *