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Magnesia vs Aphrodite - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between magnesia and aphrodite

is that magnesia is magnesia while aphrodite is (mineral) a soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at langbanshytta in sweden it is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.

magnesia

English

Noun

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  • (mineral) magnesium oxide

    • Derived terms

    * calcined magnesia * magnesian * magnesioferrite * magnesite * magnesium * milk of magnesia

    Related terms

    * magnesiferous * magnet

    External links

    * (Magnesium oxide)

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    aphrodite

    English

    (wikipedia Aphrodite)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love,Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology , Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 Her Roman counterpart is Venus.

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    See also

    * Acidalia * Anadyomene * Cytherea * Despina * Kypris * Venus

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