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Basalt vs Terracotta - What's the difference?

basalt | terracotta |

As nouns the difference between basalt and terracotta

is that basalt is basalt while terracotta is a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.

As an adjective terracotta is

of the colour of.

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

    * ----

    terracotta

    English

    Alternative forms

    * terra cotta

    Noun

    (terra cotta) (en-noun)
  • a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction

    • Related terms

    * terra * terrace * terrain * terrene * terrier * territorial * territory * terrestrial

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the colour of .
  • * 1892 June 18, F. W. B., Why Paint a Greenhouse White?'', in ''The Garden , volume 41, page 569:
    • A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}} ----