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Manganese vs Wad - What's the difference?

manganese | wad |

As nouns the difference between manganese and wad

is that manganese is a metallic chemical element (symbol mn) with an atomic number of 25 while wad is an amorphous, compact mass.

As a verb wad is

to crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.

manganese

English

Alternative forms

* manganesium (obsolete) * manganesum (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia manganese)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25.
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    Derived terms

    * black manganese * corneous manganese * chloromanganese * copper-manganese * ekamanganese * ferromanganese * grey manganese * horn manganese * iron-manganese tungstate * mangan- * manganeous * manganesane * manganesate * * manganese alum * manganese binoxide * manganese black * manganese blende * manganese bromide * manganese bronze * manganese brown * manganese carbonate * manganese chloride * manganese copper * manganese dibromide * manganese dichloride * manganese diiodide * manganese dioxide * manganese epidote * manganese garnet * manganese glance * manganese grass * manganese green * manganese heptoxide * manganese iodide * manganese nodule * manganeseous acid * manganese oxide * manganese peroxide * manganese purple * manganese spar * manganese steel * manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate * manganese superoxide * manganese tetrafluoride * manganese trioxide * manganese violet * manganese vitriol * manganesian * manganesiate * manganesic acid * manganesite * manganeseous acid * mangani- * manganian * manganic * manganiferous * manganin * manganism * manganite * mangano- * manganoan * manganoso-magnesium alum * manganoso-manganic acid * manganous * red manganese * silico-manganese, silicomanganese * white manganese

    Related terms

    * manganate * manganosite * permanganate

    External links

    * (wikipedia "manganese")

    See also

    * Condy's crystals * pyrolusite * rhodochrosite ----

    wad

    English

    (wikipedia wad)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amorphous, compact mass.
    • Our cat loves to play with a small wad of paper.
  • A substantial pile (normally of money).
    • With a wad of cash like that, she should not have been walking round Manhattan
  • A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge.
  • (slang) A sandwich.
  • (vulgar, slang) An ejaculate of semen.
  • (mineralogy) Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.

    • Derived terms

    * (ejaculate) blow one's wad, shoot one's wad

    See also

    * (Wad)

    Verb

    (wadd)
  • To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
    • She wadded up the scrap of paper and threw it in the trash.
  • (Ulster) To wager.
  • To insert or force a wad into.
    • to wad a gun
  • To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.
    • to wad a cloak

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