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Sexton vs Lava - What's the difference?

sexton | lava |

As a proper noun sexton

is .

As a verb lava is

to wash.

sexton

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.

    • Synonyms

    * sacristan

    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

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