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Rocks vs Limestone - What's the difference?

rocks | limestone |

As nouns the difference between rocks and limestone

is that rocks is plural of lang=en while limestone is an abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.

As a verb rocks

is third-person singular simple present of to rock.

As an adjective limestone is

made of or with limestone.

rocks

English

Noun

(head)
  • (slang) Money.
  • (vulgar, slang) Testicles.
  • (slang) Crack cocaine.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Third-person singular simple present of to rock.
  • She rocks the cradle.
    The cradle gently rocks .
    Baseball rocks !

    Anagrams

    * ----

    limestone

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO?); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
  • Hyponyms

    * (mineralogy) bluestone, burrstone, calp, coquina, coral rag, chalk, malm, travertine, tufa

    See also

    * karst

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of or with limestone.
  • *
  • *:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
  • Anagrams

    * milestone