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Coral vs Shells - What's the difference?

coral | shells |

As nouns the difference between coral and shells

is that coral is a hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps while shells is plural of lang=en.

As an adjective coral

is made of coral.

As a proper noun Coral

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

As a verb shells is

third-person singular of shell.

coral

English

(wikipedia coral)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
  • (countable) A colony of marine polyps.
  • (countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
  • The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
  • (historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of coral.
  • Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

    • Derived terms

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * coralise/coralize * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    See also

    * atoll * barrier reef * dactylozooid * fringing reef * gonophore * gorgonian * Great Barrier Reef * madrepore * millepore * sea fan * sea whip *

    Anagrams

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    shells

    English

    Noun

    (head)
    • She sells sea shells''' by the sea shore, but the '''shells''' she sells aren't sea '''shells , I'm sure.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shell)
    • She shells six sea shells.