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Harden vs Crust - What's the difference?

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Harden is a related term of crust.


As nouns the difference between harden and crust

is that harden is while crust is a more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

As a verb crust is

to cover with a crust.

harden

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure).
  • (ergative) To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure).
  • (dated) To become or make a person or thing resistant or less sensitive.
    • When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. — KJV, Exodus 4:21

    Derived terms

    * harden someone's heart

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    crust

    English

    (wikipedia crust)

    Noun

  • A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • The external layer of most types of bread.
  • An outer layer composed of pastry
  • * Dryden
    • Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies.
  • * Macaulay
    • They made the crust for the venison pasty.
  • The bread-like base of a pizza.
  • (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
  • The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
  • (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
    • You've got a lot of crust standing there saying that.
  • *
  • crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)

    • Related terms

    * crusted * crusty * encrust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a crust.
  • * Boyle
    • The whole body is crusted over with ice.
  • * Felton
    • Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock.
  • To form a crust.

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