Lava vs Lapilli - What's the difference?
lava | lapilli |
The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
(informal, proscribed) Magma.
A sphere shaped droplet of molten lava ejected from a volcanic eruption which falls to earth while still at least partially molten, ranging in size from 2 to 64 millimeters.
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As nouns the difference between lava and lapilli
is that lava is the melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides while lapilli is a sphere shaped droplet of molten lava ejected from a volcanic eruption which falls to earth while still at least partially molten, ranging in size from 2 to 64 millimeters.As a proper noun Lava
is one of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.lava
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(wikipedia lava)Noun
Usage notes
Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).Derived terms
* lava lamp * lava millstone * lava wareSee also
* aa * pahoehoeAnagrams
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