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Graphite vs Gravel - What's the difference?

graphite | gravel |

As nouns the difference between graphite and gravel

is that graphite is an allotrope of carbon consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely that is used as a dry lubricant and in "lead" pencils while gravel is small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.

As a verb gravel is

to apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.

graphite

English

(wikipedia graphite)

Noun

(-)
  • An allotrope of carbon consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely that is used as a dry lubricant and in "lead" pencils.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=4 citation , passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite , and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
  • Short for graphite-reinforced plastic, a composite plastic made with graphite fibers noted for light weight strength and stiffness.
    • Modern tennis racquets are made of graphite , fibreglass and other man-made materials.
  • A grey colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (allotrope of carbon) plumbago, black lead * (composite plastic) carbon fiber reinforced plastic, carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer, graphite composite, CFRP, CRP

    See also

    * diamond

    gravel

    English

    (wikipedia gravel)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.
  • A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
  • (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

    • Synonyms

    * (small stones or pebbles) * (calculus deposit) stones, gallstones

    See also

    * alluvium

    Verb

    (gravell)
  • To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=John F. Hume, title=The Abolitionists, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=We kept quietly on our way until we reached a place in the road that had been freshly graveled , and where the surface was covered with stones just suited to our use.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2006, date=May 5, author=Harold Henderson, title=Snips, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The soldiers admitted that while they had the money to lay gravel on a particular road, they lacked the funds to pave it, even though all agreed that graveled roads offered easy concealment for IEDs.}}
  • To puzzle or annoy
  • * {{quote-book, year=1894, author=Anthony Hope, title=Dolly Dialogues, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="The fracture is your making; the pin--" Here Miss Dolly interrupted; to tell the truth I was not sorry, for I was fairly graveled for the meaning of the pin.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Christopher Darlington Morley, title=Mince Pie, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage='Oh, yes,' says Jan. Pond was graveled ; didn't know just what to do.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Herbert Quick, title=Vandemark's Folly, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass.}}
  • To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
  • * Bible, Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version)
    • When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they gravelled the ship.
  • * Camden
    • Willam the Conqueror chanced as his arrival to be gravelled ; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground.
  • To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
  • * Shakespeare
    • When you were gravelled for lack of matter.
  • * Sir T. North
    • The physician was so gravelled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say.
  • To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Usage notes

    * In North American English, the forms graveled and graveling are more common.