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Chunk vs Concretion - What's the difference?

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Chunk is a related term of concretion.


As nouns the difference between chunk and concretion

is that chunk is a part of something that has been separated while concretion is concretion.

As a verb chunk

is to break into large pieces or chunks.

chunk

English

(wikipedia chunk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A part of something that has been separated.
    • The statue broke into chunks .
  • *
  • A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.
    • A chunk of granite .
  • (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • * 1994 , Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
    • The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

    See also

    * piece * bit * lump * chuck * hunk

    External links

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break into large pieces or chunks.
  • (slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.

    • concretion

    English

    (wikipedia concretion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of aggregating]] or [[coalesce, coalescing into a mass.
  • A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
  • (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
  • * 1844 , , Geological Observations on South America , ch. 5,
    • Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions .
  • The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
  • * 1860 , , The Marble Faun , ch. 14,
    • "My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."

    Usage notes

    * Concretion and concretization' are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. '''Concretion''' is more commonly used to refer to a physical object or to the physical process which creates it. ' Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it.

    Related terms

    * concrete

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

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