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Metamorphic vs Amorphous - What's the difference?

metamorphic | amorphous |

As adjectives the difference between metamorphic and amorphous

is that metamorphic is (geology) having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example) while amorphous is lacking a definite form or clear shape.

As a noun metamorphic

is (mineralogy) a rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.

metamorphic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (geology) Having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).
  • Of or relating to the (Metamorphic Technique), a form of massage influenced by reflexology.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
  • amorphous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lacking a definite form or clear shape
  • ''The enormous pile of spaghetti landed on the floor in an amorphous heap.
  • being without definite character or nature
  • lacking organization or unity
  • (physics) in the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
  • (set theory, of a set) infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets
  • Derived terms

    * amorphism * amorphously

    Synonyms

    * formless * shapeless