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Elemental vs Crude - What's the difference?

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Elemental is a related term of crude.


As adjectives the difference between elemental and crude

is that elemental is (chemistry) of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound) while crude is being in a natural state.

As nouns the difference between elemental and crude

is that elemental is (fantasy) a creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water they sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as air, earth, fire, or water while crude is any substance in its natural state.

elemental

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry) of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound)
  • basic, fundamental or elementary
  • of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water
  • (by extension) of, or relating to a force or nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions

    • Noun

    (elementals) (en noun)
  • (fantasy) A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.

    • crude

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Being in a natural state.
    • crude oil
  • Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
    • a crude shelter
  • Lacking concealing elements.
    • a crude truth
  • Lacking tact or taste.
    • a crude remark
  • (statistics) Being in an unanalyzed form.
    • crude data
  • (archaic) Immature or unripe.
  • (lb) pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word

    • Synonyms

    * (being in a natural state) raw, unrefined, unprocessed * (characterized by simplicity) primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary * (lacking concealing elements) obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised * (lacking tact or taste) blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar * raw * See'' immature''' ''or'' ' unripe * See also

    Antonyms

    * (being in a natural state) refined, processed

    Derived terms

    * crudeness * crude oil * crude material * crude form/crudeform

    Related terms

    * cruel * cruelty

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance in its natural state.
  • Crude oil.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Yesterday’s fuel , passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).}}

    Derived terms

    * syncrude

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