craton

As nouns the difference between shield and craton

is that shield is anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection while craton is a part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

As a verb shield

is to protect, to defend.

As nouns the difference between sheild and craton

is that sheild is obsolete form of lang=en while craton is a part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

As nouns the difference between craton and carton

is that craton is a part of the earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents while carton is cardboard, paperboard.

As nouns the difference between craton and crayon

is that craton is a part of the earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents while crayon is a stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

As a verb crayon is

to draw with a crayon.

As nouns the difference between craton and crapton

is that craton is a part of the earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents while crapton is a very large amount.

As nouns the difference between craton and croton

is that craton is a part of the earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents while croton is (label) chunk of bread.

As a noun craton

is a part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

As a proper noun Euramerica is

a minor supercontinent made up of the Laurentia, Avalonia and Baltica cratons. Later joined with other continents as part of Pangaea.

As a noun craton

is a part of the earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

As a proper noun laurussia is

a minor supercontinent made up of the laurentia, avalonia and baltica cratons later joined with other continents as part of pangaea.

As nouns the difference between craton and tectosphere

is that craton is a part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents while tectosphere is the part of the mantle lying below cratons, which moves during tectonic activity.

As a noun craton

is a part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.

As an adjective intracratonic is

within a craton.