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Cavoite vs Cavorite - What's the difference?

cavoite | cavorite |

As nouns the difference between cavoite and cavorite

is that cavoite is an orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and vanadium while cavorite is a hypothetical substance with anti-gravity effects.

cavoite

English

Noun

  • (mineral) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and vanadium.

    • References

    * Cavoite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Cavoite.shtml]

    cavorite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (science fiction) A hypothetical substance with anti-gravity effects.
  • * 1901 , :
    • “It seems to me it wouldn't cost much to cart any weight anywhere if you packed it in a Cavorite case.”
  • * 1999 , , reprinted by Macmillan (2000), ISBN 0812536355, page 760:
    • “In the early years, they were the most primitive structures ever to fly in space, cheap and overbuilt and overcrewed, hoisted on cavorite wings.”