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Crust vs Consolidate - What's the difference?

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Crust is a related term of consolidate.


As verbs the difference between crust and consolidate

is that crust is to cover with a crust while consolidate is (ambitransitive) to combine into a single unit; to group together or join.

As a noun crust

is a more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

As an adjective consolidate is

(obsolete) formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.

crust

English

(wikipedia crust)

Noun

  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • The external layer of most types of bread.
  • An outer layer composed of pastry
  • * Dryden
  • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
  • * Macaulay
  • They made the crust for the venison pasty.
  • The bread-like base of a pizza.
  • (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  • (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
  • You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
  • *
  • crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a crust.
  • * Boyle
  • The whole body is crusted over with ice.
  • * Felton
  • Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.
  • To form a crust.
  • Anagrams

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    consolidate

    English

    Verb

    (consolidat)
  • (ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
  • He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag.
  • To make stronger or more solid.
  • Coordinate terms

    * ( combine into a single unit) (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
  • * Elyot
  • A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate .
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