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Lithium vs Calcium - What's the difference?

lithium | calcium |

As a proper noun lithium

is a village in missouri.

As a noun calcium is

calcium.

lithium

English

(wikipedia lithium) (Lithium pharmacology)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3.
  • (pharmaceutical drug, uncountable) Lithium carbonate or other preparations of lithium metal used to treat manic depression and bipolar disorders.
  • A lithium battery.
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from "lithium") * butyllithium * dilithium * * * lithium acetate * lithium aluminium hydride * lithium battery * lithium bromide * lithium carbonate * lithium chloride * lithium citrate * lithium deuteride * lithium diisopropylamide * lithium-drifted silicon detector * lithium economy * lithium fluoride * lithium hydride * lithium hydroxide * lithium iodide * lithium ion battery * lithium naphthalide * lithium niobate * lithium nitrate * lithium nitride * lithium orotate * lithium oxide * lithium oxybutyrate * lithium perchlorate * lithium soap * lithium stearate * lithium sulfate, lithium sulphate * lithium sulfide, lithium sulphide * lithium tantalate * lithium triborate * methyllithium * organolithium * paralithium * phenyllithium * trilithium * vinyllithium * yttrium lithium fluoride

    calcium

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia calcium) (Symbol'': ''Ca )
  • A chemical element, atomic number 20, that is an alkaline earth metal and occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
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  • (countable) An atom of this element.
  • Derived terms

    * bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide * calc-, calci- * calcic * calcio- * * * * * * * * calcium arsenate * calcium carbide * calcium carbonate * calcium chloride * calcium cyanamide * calcium dihydrogen phosphate * calcium fluoride * calcium hydride * calcium hydroxide * calcium light * calcium magnesium carbonate * calcium magnesium silicate * calcium nitrate * calcium oxide * calcium peroxide * calcium phosphate * calcium phosphide * calcium platinate * calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate * calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide * calcium tungstate * dicalcium * monocalcium * oxycalcium * tricalcium

    References

    See also

    * chalk * lime * limestone ----