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Lava vs Slava - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between lava and slava

is that lava is the melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides while slava is orthodox Christian custom of honoring a family patron saint celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Bulgarians, Croats and Gorani.

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

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    slava

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Orthodox Christian custom of honoring a family patron saint celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Bulgarians, Croats and Gorani.
  • * 1942': I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a '''''Slava'' (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)

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