Gem vs Crystal - What's the difference?
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A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
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(figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
(obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud
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a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
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, passage=A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven
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, passage=The rain Shook from fruit bushes in new showers again As I brushed past, and gemmed the window pane. }}
(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
(countable) A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
(uncountable) A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.
(uncountable, slang) crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.
The glass over the dial of a watch case.
Very clear.
As nouns the difference between gem and crystal
is that gem is a precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine while crystal is a solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.As proper nouns the difference between gem and crystal
is that gem is a native or resident of the American state of Idaho while Crystal is {{given name|female|from=English}}.As a verb gem
is to adorn with, or as if with, gems.As an adjective crystal is
very clear.gem
English
(gemstone)Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)
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- She's an absolute gem .
- a gem of wit
- From the joints of thy prolific stem / A swelling knot is raised called a gem .
Synonyms
* (precious stone) gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see alsoVerb
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* * ----crystal
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(wikipedia crystal)Alternative forms
* crystall (obsolete) * chrystal (obsolete)Noun
Synonyms
* (array of atoms) grainAntonyms
* (array of atoms) amorphous, glassDerived terms
* anticrystal * crystalliferous * crystalline * crystallite * crystallization, crystallisation * crystallize, crystallise * crystallographer * crystalloid * crystal stone * quasicrystalAdjective
(-)- "Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal ."