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Charcoal vs Graphite - What's the difference?

charcoal | graphite |

As nouns the difference between charcoal and graphite

is that 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 while graphite is .

As an adjective charcoal

is of a dark gray colour.

As a verb charcoal

is to draw with charcoal.

charcoal

English

(wikipedia charcoal)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is to say, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 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 .}}
  • (countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
  • *
  • (countable) A drawing made with charcoal.
  • A very dark gray colour.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a dark gray colour.
  • Made of charcoal.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 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 grey

    Related terms

    * carbonara * Carbonari * charbroil * vitrain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw with charcoal.
  • To cook over charcoal.

    • See also

    * carbo vegetabilis * briquette * brown coal * coal * coal pot * collier * fusain * kangri * wood coal *

    graphite

    English

    (wikipedia graphite)

    Noun

    (-)
  • An allotrope of carbon consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely that is used as a dry lubricant and in "lead" pencils.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=4 citation , passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite , and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
  • Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
    • Modern tennis racquets are made of graphite , fibreglass and other man-made materials.
  • A grey colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (allotrope of carbon) plumbago, black lead * (composite plastic) carbon fiber reinforced plastic, carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, graphite composite, CFRP, CRP

    See also

    * diamond