Geology vs Mining - What's the difference?
geology | mining |
The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
(senseid) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
(figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
* (Jonathan Swift)
(military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode
As nouns the difference between geology and mining
is that geology is the science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks while mining is (senseid) the activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.As a verb mining is
.geology
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(geologies)Derived terms
* astrogeology * geological * geologist * geologic * hydrogeology * nongeology * petrogeology * photogeology * radiogeologymining
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- gold mining
- His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
- the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.