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Ejecta vs Meteorite - What's the difference?

ejecta | meteorite |

As nouns the difference between ejecta and meteorite

is that ejecta is pyroclast, tephra while meteorite is .

As a verb ejecta

is .

ejecta

English

Noun

(-)
  • Material which has been ejected, especially from a volcano or an impact crater.

    • meteorite

    English

    (wikipedia meteorite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * meteoritic * meteoritics * meteoriticist * micrometeorite * Gibeon meteorite * stony meteorite

    Related terms

    * achondrite * aerolite * chondrite * meteor * meteoroid * meteorology * siderite * siderolite

    See also

    * achondrite * aerolite * angrite * asteroid * aubrite * chassignite * chondrite * fireball * nakhlite * shergottite * ureilite

    External links

    * (wikipedia "meteorite") ----