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Manganiferous vs Magnetiferous - What's the difference?

manganiferous | magnetiferous |

Manganiferous is a see also of magnetiferous.


As adjectives the difference between manganiferous and magnetiferous

is that manganiferous is (mineralogy|metallurgy) containing manganese while magnetiferous is (dated) producing or conducting magnetism.

manganiferous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (mineralogy, metallurgy) Containing manganese
    • a manganiferous ore

    Hypernyms

    *metalliferous

    See also

    *cupriferous *ferruginous

    magnetiferous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism
  • *{{quote-us-patent, 1989, Alberto Russo, Magnetic rotary locking and tensioning mechanism, 49745412 citation
    • , passage=First, second and third base magnetiferous' strips 70, 72 and 74 may be magnets. However, the inventor has found it more convenient to form these base ' magnetiferous strips of material that conducts magnetism and place between these strips two magnets 80, 82.}}
  • (geology) Containing magnetite
  • *{{quote-book, 1910, William Shirley Bayley, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey citation
    • , passage=The ore is a richly magnetiferous Pochuck gneiss.}}
  • *{{quote-book, 1923, Josiah Edward Spur, The Ore Magmas citation
    • , passage=Observations by Ball and myself in Colorado show that in the case of magnetiferous granites, the magnetite was a mineral of the pegmatite stage.}}

    Synonyms

    *(producing or conducting magnetism) magnetic *(containing magnetite) magnetitic

    See also

    *magnesiferous *magniferous *manganiferous