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Metals vs Minerals - What's the difference?

metals | minerals |

As nouns the difference between metals and minerals

is that metals is while minerals is .

As a verb metals

is (metal).

metals

English

Noun

(head)
  • (rail transport) the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network
  • It was appropriate that 'King' number 6000 began the return to steam on British Rail metals in 1971.
  • * 1901 , Kipling, Kim ,
  • Now and again a night train roared along the metals within twenty feet of him; but he had all the Oriental’s indifference to mere noise, and it did not even weave a dream through his slumber.
  • * 1913 ,
  • They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (metal)
  • Anagrams

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    minerals

    Noun

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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