Charcoal vs Ember - What's the difference?
charcoal | ember |
(uncountable) Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
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, chapter=2 (countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
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(countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
A very dark gray colour.
Of a dark gray colour.
Made of charcoal.
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, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.
As a noun charcoal
is (uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.As an adjective charcoal
is of a dark gray colour.As a verb charcoal
is to draw with charcoal.As a proper noun ember is
(rare).charcoal
English
(wikipedia charcoal)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal .}}
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}
Derived terms
* activated charcoal * charcoal burner * charcoal drawing * charcoal greySee also
* carbo vegetabilis * briquette * brown coal * coal * coal pot * collier * fusain * kangri * wood coal *ember
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .See also
* embersEtymology 2
(etyl)Adjective
(-)- ember fasts
- ember days
- ember weeks