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Limestone vs Carbonate - What's the difference?

limestone | carbonate |

As nouns the difference between limestone and carbonate

is that limestone is (mineralogy) an abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (caco₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous while carbonate is .

As an adjective limestone

is made of or with limestone.

limestone

English

(wikipedia limestone)

Noun

  • (mineralogy) An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO?); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.

    • Hyponyms

    * (mineralogy) bluestone, burrstone, calp, coquina, coral rag, chalk, malm, travertine, tufa

    See also

    * karst

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of or with limestone.
  • *
  • *:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

    • Anagrams

    * milestone

    carbonate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

    • Derived terms

    * barium carbonate * bicarbonate * bismuth carbonate * cadmium carbonate * calcium carbonate * calcium magnesium carbonate * carbonate ion * carbonate of potash * carbonate of potassa * carbonate of potassium * carbonate strontianite * copper carbonate * cupric carbonate * dicarbonate * fluocarbonate * hydrocarbonate * hydrogen carbonate * hydrogen carbonate ion * hydrogen potassium carbonate * lead carbonate * lithium carbonate * magnesium carbonate * manganese carbonate * metacarbonate * oxycarbonate * percarbonate * potassic carbonate * potassium acid carbonate * potassium carbonate * potassium hydrogen carbonate * silver carbonate * sodium carbonate * sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate * sodium hydrogen carbonate * sulfocarbonate, sulphocarbonate * strontium carbonate * thorium carbonate * urano-ammonic carbonate * uranoso-ammonic carbonate * uranyl carbonate * zinc carbonate

    Verb

    (carbonat)
  • To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.

    • Derived terms

    * carbonatation * carbonated * carbonation * carbonator English heteronyms ----