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Rust vs Cinnamon - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between rust and cinnamon

is that rust is the deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation while cinnamon is a small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or species: Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.

As a verb rust

is to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.

As an adjective cinnamon is

containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.

rust

English

(wikipedia rust)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
  • The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.
  • A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
  • aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust ; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973)
  • A reddish-brown color.
  • A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
  • (-)

    Derived terms

    * cedar-apple rust * coffee rust * Rust Belt * rust bucket * rust fungus * rust mite * rustproof * rusty * stem rust * wheat rust * white pine blister rust * white rust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
  • The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
  • to cause to oxidize.
  • The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
  • To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
  • (figuratively) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
  • * Dryden
  • Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?

    Synonyms

    * oxidise / oxidize * corrode

    See also

    * aeciospore * ferric oxide * ferruginous * rouille * rubiginous *

    Anagrams

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    cinnamon

    Noun

  • (countable) A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or , belonging to the family Lauraceae.
  • Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon ( or Cinnamomum cassia ).
  • (uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above. The product made of Cinnamomum verum is sometimes referred to as (true cinnamon).
  • (countable) A yellowish-brown colour, the color of cinnamon .
  • Derived terms

    * cinnamic acid * cinnamon bear * cinnamon fern * cinnamon stick * cinnamon stone * oil of cinnamon * wild cinnamon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing cinnamon, or having a cinnamon taste.
  • Of a yellowish-brown colour.
  • See also

    * cassia * essonite, hessonite * five-spice powder * red-hot * Saigon cinnamon *

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