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Ceramic vs Tile - What's the difference?

ceramic | tile |

As nouns the difference between ceramic and tile

is that ceramic is (uncountable) a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures while tile is a regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.

As an adjective ceramic

is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

As a verb tile is

to cover with tiles or tile can be to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.

ceramic

English

(wikipedia ceramic)

Adjective

(-)
  • made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
    • A ceramic vase stood on the table.

    Derived terms

    * vitroceramic

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
    • Joan made the dish of ceramic .
  • (countable) An object made of this material
    • Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

    See also

    * kaolin, kaoline

    Related terms

    * ceramics

    References

    * 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

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    tile

    English

    (wikipedia tile)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • (computing)  A rectangular graphic.
  • Any of various types of cuboid playing piece used in certain games, such as in dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
  • (dated)  A stiff hat.
    • (Dickens)
    Derived terms
    * glazed tile * out on the tiles * tilework
    Related terms
    * tiler

    Verb

  • To cover with tiles.
  • (computing) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
    • Related terms
    * tiler

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Alternative forms

    * tyle

    Verb

    (til)
  • To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
    • to tile a Masonic lodge
    tile the door

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