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Mining vs Stannary - What's the difference?

mining | stannary |

As nouns the difference between mining and stannary

is that mining is (senseid) the activity of removing solid valuables from the earth while stannary is a tin mine or tin works.

As a verb mining

is .

As a adjective stannary is

of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in cornwall.

mining

English

Noun

  • (senseid) The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
    • gold mining
  • (figuratively) Any activity that extracts or undermines.
    • His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.
  • * (Jonathan Swift)
    • the fabrick, however weak by the delicacy of its composition, would not have fallen so soon, if the foundation had not been injured by the slow minings of regret and vexation.
  • (military) The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode

    • Derived terms

    * defensive mining * offensive mining * open-pit mining * strip-mining * surface mining

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * data mining

    Related terms

    * mine

    stannary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall.
  • * Blackstone
    • The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.

    Related terms

    * stannary parliament * stannary town * stannator

    Noun

    (stannaries)
  • A tin mine or tin works.
    • (Bishop Hall)