Coal vs Cement - What's the difference?
coal | cement |
(uncountable) A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
(countable) A piece of coal used for burning. Note that in British English either of the following examples could be used, whereas the latter would be more common in American English.
(countable) A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
(countable) A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
Charcoal
To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XVI:
To be converted to charcoal.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 18:
To burn to charcoal; to char.
* Francis Bacon
To mark or delineate with charcoal.
To supply with coal.
(label) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.
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, title= (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.
(label) Any material with strong adhesive properties.
(label) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
(label) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
To affix with cement.
To overlay or coat with cement.
(figurative) To unite firmly or closely.
(figuratively) To make permanent.
* "But friendship is a calm and sedate affection, conducted by reason and cemented by habit;" David Hume,
In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between coal and cement
is that coal is (uncountable) a black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel while cement is (uncountable) the paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.In lang=en terms the difference between coal and cement
is that coal is to supply with coal while cement is to overlay or coat with cement.As nouns the difference between coal and cement
is that coal is (uncountable) a black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel while cement is (label) a powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.As verbs the difference between coal and cement
is that coal is to take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships) while cement is to affix with cement.coal
English
(wikipedia coal)Noun
(en-noun)- Put some coals on the fire.
- Put some coal on the fire.
- Just as the camp-fire died down to just coals , with no flames to burn the marshmallows, someone dumped a whole load of wood on, so I gave up and went to bed.
Hyponyms
* anthracite, bituminDerived terms
* bituminous coal, soft coal * brown coal * channel coal * coal ball * coal bed * coal black * coalboy * coal gas * coal hole * coal oil * coal tar * coal tit * coalmine, coal mine * coals to Newcastle * hard coal (see: anthracite) * white coalVerb
(en verb)- The light shook and splintered in the puddles. A red glare came from an outward-bound steamer that was coaling .
- As a result, particles of wood and twigs insufficiently coaled are frequently found at the bottom of such pits.
- Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces.
- (Camden)
- to coal a steamer
Anagrams
*cement
English
(wikipedia cement)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
Derived terms
* Keene's cement * masonry cement * Portland cementSee also
* concreteVerb
(en verb)- to cement a cellar bottom
- (Shakespeare)
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