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Crucible vs Crucifix - What's the difference?

crucible | crucifix |

As nouns the difference between crucible and crucifix

is that crucible is (chemistry) a cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures while crucifix is a wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the romans.

crucible

English

(wikipedia crucible)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
  • A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
  • The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
  • A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

    • crucifix

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.
  • An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.
  • (gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.

    • See also

    * crucifixion * crucify ----