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Basalt vs Cinder - What's the difference?

basalt | cinder |

As nouns the difference between basalt and cinder

is that basalt is a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust while cinder is partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.

As a verb cinder is

to reduce something to cinders.

As a proper noun Cinder is

a river in Alaska.

basalt

English

(wikipedia basalt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  • A type of unglazed pottery.

    • Derived terms

    * basaltic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cinder

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
  • An ember.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • Slag from a metal furnace.

    • Derived terms

    * cinder block * cinder cone * cinder frame * cinder notch

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to reduce something to cinders

    • See also

    * Cinderella * scoria

    Anagrams

    * *