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Fossil vs Biomass - What's the difference?

fossil | biomass |

As nouns the difference between fossil and biomass

is that fossil is fossil while biomass is the total mass of a living thing or part thereof, such as a cell.

fossil

English

(wikipedia fossil)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  • (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
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    • , author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}
  • (linguistics) A fossilized term.
  • (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.

    • Derived terms

    * * * fossilisation, fossilization * fossilise, fossilize * * * * * *

    See also

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    biomass

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The total mass of a living thing or part thereof, such as a cell.
  • * 2005 , David A Guertin and David M Sabatini, chapter "Cell Size Control" in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences , Wiley:
    • Since protein constitutes the majority of the biomass of a cell, building new protein is a major way that cells increase their size.
  • The total mass of all living things within a specific area, habitat etc.
  • Vegetation used as a fuel, or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose.