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Clast vs Clost - What's the difference?

clast | clost |

As a noun clast

is (geology) a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.

As an adjective clost is

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clast

English

Noun

(wikipedia clast) (en noun)
  • (geology) a fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.

    • Derived terms

    * porphyroclast

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    clost

    English

    Adjective

  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Rex Beach, title=Pardners, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Then she hugged the kiddie clost to her, standing straight and queenly, her eyes ablaze, her lips moist, and red, and scornful. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1910, author=Stewart Edward White, title=The Rules of the Game, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="It won't get clost to there," put in Jack. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Emerson Hough, title=The Covered Wagon, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Don't waste no powder--let 'em come up clost as they will. }}

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