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Diamond vs Glass - What's the difference?

diamond | glass |

As proper nouns the difference between diamond and glass

is that diamond is of modern usage, from the name of the gem while glass is .

diamond

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
    • The saw is coated with diamond .
  • A gemstone made from this mineral.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine= citation , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond , ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
    The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.
  • A ring containing a diamond.
    • What a beautiful engagement diamond .
  • A very pale blue color/colour.
    • diamond color:   
  • Something that resembles a diamond.
  • (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
  • (geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
  • (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
  • (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
    • The teams met on the diamond .
  • (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
    • I have only one diamond in my hand.
  • (printing, dated) A kind of type in English printing, the smallest except for brilliant.

    • Synonyms

    * (gemstone) sparkler (informal) * (ring) diamond ring * (something that resembles a diamond) adamant * lozenge, rhomb, rhombus * * ball field, baseball field * baseball diamond, infield

    Antonyms

    * (baseball: infield of a baseball field ): outfield

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "diamond") * adamantine * baseball diamond * blood diamond * black diamond * deadly diamond of death * demantoid * diamantine * diamond anniversary * diamonds are forever * diamond bird * diamond geezer * diamonds are a girl's best friend * diamond jubilee * diamond problem * diamond python * diamond ring effect * diamond-shaped * diamond turbot * diamond wedding * diamond willow * diamondback * diamondback moth * diamondiferous * hyperdiamond * Killiecrankie diamond * nanodiamond * pink diamond * rough diamond

    See also

    * argyle * carbonado * diamante * paragon * chlenter

    Adjective

    (-)
  • made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
    • He gave her diamond earrings.
  • of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
    • Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
  • of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
    • Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to adorn with or as if with diamonds

    • See also

    * rhinestone *

    glass

    English

    (wikipedia glass)

    Noun

  • (lb) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
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  • :
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass' sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain ' glass paperweight.}}
  • A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
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  • The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
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  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.}}
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass .
  • (lb) Glassware.
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  • A mirror.
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  • A magnifying glass or telescope.
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  • (lb) A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
  • # The backboard.
  • #:
  • #(lb) The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
  • #:
  • A barometer.
  • *(Louis MacNeice) (1907-1963)
  • *:The glass is falling hour by hour.
  • Transparent or translucent.
  • :
  • (lb) An hourglass.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:She would not live / The running of one glass .

    • Derived terms

    * carnival glass * cheval glass * eyeglasses * glassblower * glassblowing * glasses * glassformer * glass frog * glasshouse * glass jaw * glassless * glassmaker * glassware * glasswork * glassworker * glassy * isinglass * looking glass * magnifying glass * spyglass

    Descendants

    * Indonesian: (l) * Malay: (l),

    Verb

    (es)
  • To furnish with glass; to glaze.
    • (Boyle)
  • To enclose with glass.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
  • * 1987, John Godber, Bouncers p. 19:
    • JUDD. Any trouble last night?
    LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed .
  • * 2002, Geoff Doherty, A Promoter's Tale p. 72:
    • I often mused on what the politicians or authorities would say if they could see for themselves the horrendous consequences of someone who’d been glassed , or viciously assaulted.
  • * 2003, Mark Sturdy, Pulp p. 139:
    • One night he was in this nightclub in Sheffield and he got glassed by this bloke who’d been just let out of prison that day.
  • (label) To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
  • * 2012 , Halo: First Strike, p. 190:
  • *:“The Covenant don’t ‘miss’ anything when they glass a planet,” the Master Chief replied.
  • To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
  • * 2000 , Ben D. Mahaffey, 50 Years of Hunting and Fishing , page 95:
    • Andy took his binoculars and glassed the area below.
  • To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
  • (archaic, reflexive) To reflect; to mirror.
  • * Motley
    • Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror.
  • * Byron
    • Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests.

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