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Oblite vs Oolite - What's the difference?

oblite | oolite |

As an adjective oblite

is (obsolete) indistinct; slurred over.

As a noun oolite is

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oblite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) indistinct; slurred over
  • * Fuller
    • Obscure and oblite mention.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    oolite

    English

    (wikipedia oolite)

    Noun

  • (geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 170:
  • *:Here and there are beds of oolites , for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.
  • (countable, rare) An ooid or oolith.

    • Synonyms

    * ooid * oolith * egg-stone

    Derived terms

    * oolitic