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Olenite vs Lenite - What's the difference?

olenite | lenite |

As a noun olenite

is (mineralogy) a trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light pink mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

As a verb lenite is

(celtic languages) to cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.

olenite

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light pink mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
  • References

    * Olenite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Olenite.shtml]

    lenite

    English

    Verb

    (lenit)
  • (Celtic languages) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
  • This environment lenites "m" to "mh".
  • (qualifier) To undergo lenition.
  • "M" lenites to "mh".