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Nugget vs Pellet - What's the difference?

nugget | pellet |

As nouns the difference between nugget and pellet

is that nugget is a small, compact chunk or clump while pellet is a small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

As a verb pellet is

to form into pellets.

nugget

English

Noun

  • (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
    • a gold nugget
  • (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
    • a nugget of wisdom
  • (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
  • (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant.
  • (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
  • * 2009 , Nick Scipio, Nereids :
    • Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
  • (comptheory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
  • * 2002 , Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
    • We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most ? values

    Derived terms

    * nuggety * chicken nugget

    pellet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
    • a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
  • A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
  • Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
  • (heraldiccharge) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To form into pellets
  • To strike with pellets

    • Synonyms

    *(to form into pellets) pelletize ----