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Nerite vs Kerite - What's the difference?

nerite | kerite |

As nouns the difference between nerite and kerite

is that nerite is any mollusk of the genus while kerite is a compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.

nerite

English

(wikipedia nerite) (Nerita)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any mollusk of the genus .

    • kerite

    English

    Noun

  • A compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.
    • (Webster 1913)