Silicon vs Carbon - What's the difference?
silicon | carbon |
(chemistry) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
(slang) computing
(slang) computer processor
(label) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
A sheet of carbon paper.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), (The Big Sleep) , Penguin 2011, p. 51:
A carbon copy.
A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
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As nouns the difference between silicon and carbon
is that silicon is silicone while carbon is alternative form of (l) .silicon
English
(wikipedia silicon)Etymology 1
From the stem of (etyl) .Noun
(-)Usage notes
Do not confuse silicon' with ' silicone .Synonyms
* silicium (obsolete), silicum (obsolete)Derived terms
* Cwm Silicon * ekasilicon * ferrosilicon * float-zone silicon * lithium-drifted silicon detector * silico- * * * * silicon alkoxide * Silicon Alley * silicon-based * silicon carbide * silicon chip * silicon controlled rectifier * silicon dioxide * silicon ester * Silicon Fen * Silicon Forest * silicon germanide * silicon germanium * Silicon Glen * Silicon Hills * silicon hydride * silicon iron * siliconise, siliconize * silicon oxide * silicon photonics * Silicon Prairie * Silicon Sentier * silicon steel * silicon tetrachloride * silicon tetrafluoride * Silicon Valley * Silicon Wadi * silicon wafer * strained siliconSee also
* agate * amethyst * asbestos * clay * feldspar * flint * glass * granite * hornblende * jasper * mica * opal * quartz * rock crystal * sandEtymology 2
From the silicon chips used in computersNoun
(-)carbon
English
Noun
(wikipedia carbon)- He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon .
Martin Lukacs
Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy, passage=If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.}}