vaterite

As nouns the difference between terms and vaterite

is that terms is while vaterite is a polymorph of calcium carbonate, chemical formula caco₃.

As nouns the difference between vaterite and laterite

is that vaterite is a polymorph of calcium carbonate, chemical formula caco₃ while laterite is a red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.

As a noun vaterite

is a polymorph of calcium carbonate, chemical formula caco₃.

As an adjective vateritic is

of, pertaining to, or containing vaterite.

As nouns the difference between polymorph and vaterite

is that polymorph is (biology) any organism that shows polymorphism while vaterite is a polymorph of calcium carbonate, chemical formula caco₃.

As a verb polymorph

is to transform; to change into another form.