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Hunk vs Concretion - What's the difference?

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Hunk is a related term of concretion.


As nouns the difference between hunk and concretion

is that hunk is a large or dense piece of something while concretion is concretion.

hunk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large or dense piece of something.
    • a hunk of metal
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter IX
    • "Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."
  • (informal) A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.
  • (computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
  • (US, slang) A honyock.

    • Synonyms

    * (large or dense piece) chunk, lump, piece * (sexually attractive boy) beefcake

    Derived terms

    * hunky

    See also

    * bohunk

    References

    * *

    concretion

    English

    (wikipedia concretion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of aggregating]] or [[coalesce, coalescing into a mass.
  • A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.
  • (petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.
  • * 1844 , , Geological Observations on South America , ch. 5,
    • Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions .
  • The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.
  • * 1860 , , The Marble Faun , ch. 14,
    • "My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."

    Usage notes

    * Concretion and concretization' are rough synonyms but are usually not used interchangeably. '''Concretion''' is more commonly used to refer to a physical object or to the physical process which creates it. ' Concretization is more commonly used to refer to a particular embodiment of a general concept or to the process which creates it.

    Related terms

    * concrete

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

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