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Lava vs Pyrosphere - What's the difference?

lava | pyrosphere |

As nouns the difference between lava and pyrosphere

is that lava is the melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides while pyrosphere is the zone of igneous activity and lava formation, situated between the lithosphere and barysphere.

As a proper noun Lava

is one of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.

lava

English

(wikipedia lava)

Noun

  • The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  • (informal, proscribed) Magma.

    • 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 ware

    See also

    * aa * pahoehoe

    Anagrams

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    pyrosphere

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geology, dated) The zone of igneous activity and lava formation, situated between the lithosphere and barysphere.