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Kerite vs Cerite - What's the difference?

kerite | cerite |

As nouns the difference between kerite and cerite

is that kerite is a compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy while cerite is a hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).

kerite

English

Noun

  • A compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.
    • (Webster 1913)

    cerite

    English

    (wikipedia cerite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
  • (zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.