Mafic vs Mafia - What's the difference?
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(geology) Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.
*2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 60:
*:As a whole, rocks of this type are referred to as mafic , because of the importance of magnesium and iron in their composition.
(specifically) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
(by extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; .
A party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered".
(an entity which attempts to control a specified arena).
As nouns the difference between mafic and mafia
is that mafic is a rock with such properties while mafia is mafia, mob (organised crime unit).As an adjective mafic
is (geology) describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.mafic
English
(wikipedia mafic)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* ultramaficSynonyms
* basicAntonyms
* felsic * acidicmafia
English
(wikipedia Mafia)Alternative forms
* Maffia (less common)Proper noun
- Somehow he managed to upset the Russian Mafia .
