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Porcelain vs Crockery - What's the difference?

porcelain | crockery |

As nouns the difference between porcelain and crockery

is that porcelain is (usually|uncountable) a hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china while crockery is plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material.

porcelain

English

Noun

(wikipedia porcelain)
  • (usually, uncountable) A hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.
  • (usually, countable) Anything manufactured from this material..

    • Derived terms

    * ivory porcelain * porcelain clay * porcelain crab * porcelain jasper * porcelain printing * porcelain shell * porcelaneous

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

    crockery

    English

    Noun

  • Plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material.
  • Crocks, earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] (etymology) * Oxford English Dictionary.