Krill vs Prill - What's the difference?
krill | prill |
any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order in the class Malacostraca.
a pellet, a granule, a small bead
*2000 , R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries ,
*:Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.
*2007 , Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International , page 661
*:The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills , i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.
rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
(mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
The button of metal from an assay.
to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
As nouns the difference between krill and prill
is that krill is any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order order: Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca while prill is a rill, a small stream.As a verb prill is
to flow, spurt.krill
English
Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* (Antarctic krill) * (northern krill)References
* *http://www.ecoscope.com/krill----
prill
English
Etymology 1
A variant of purl, 17th century.Etymology 2
Origin unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl "sheep-droppings" as a likely loan from English.Noun
(wikipedia prill) (en noun)page 275