What is the difference between chalkboard and blackboard?
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A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
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Blackboard is a related term of chalkboard.
As nouns the difference between chalkboard and blackboard
is that chalkboard is a slate board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard while blackboard is a large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.As a verb blackboard is
to use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.blackboard
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(wikipedia blackboard)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
