Concretion vs Incarnation - What's the difference?
concretion | incarnation |
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,
The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
* 1860 , , The Marble Faun , ch. 14,
An incarnate being or form.
* Jeffrey
* F. W. Robertson
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, title= A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
An assumption of human form or nature.
A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
The act of incarnating.
The state of being incarnated.
(obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation.
(medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
As nouns the difference between concretion and incarnation
is that concretion is the process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass while incarnation is an incarnate being or form.As a proper noun Incarnation is
the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.concretion
English
(wikipedia concretion)Noun
(en noun)- Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions .
- "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.References
* Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.Anagrams
* *incarnation
English
Noun
(en noun)- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- The very incarnation of selfishness.
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation , the patent troll.}}