Ceramic vs Enamel - What's the difference?
ceramic | enamel |
made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
(uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
(countable) An object made of this material
An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
To coat or decorate with enamel.
To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
* Milton
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
As nouns the difference between ceramic and enamel
is that ceramic is a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures while enamel is an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.As an adjective ceramic
is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.As a verb enamel is
to coat or decorate with enamel.ceramic
English
(wikipedia ceramic)Adjective
(-)- A ceramic vase stood on the table.
Derived terms
* vitroceramicNoun
- Joan made the dish of ceramic .
- Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.
See also
* kaolin, kaolineReferences
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]Anagrams
*enamel
English
(wikipedia enamel)Noun
Verb
- Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
- to enamel''' card paper; to '''enamel leather or cloth
