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Calcification vs Ossified - What's the difference?

calcification | ossified |

As a noun calcification

is the process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

As an adjective ossified is

of ideas or attitudes, inflexible, old-fashioned.

As a verb ossified is

(ossify).

calcification

English

Noun

  • The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
  • ossified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of ideas or attitudes, inflexible, old-fashioned.
  • Synonyms

    *deep-seated * *established *fixed *hard-and-fast *inflexible *ingrained *old-fashioned *outdated *outmoded *out of date * *rigid

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ossify)