Teflon vs Ceramic - What's the difference?
teflon | ceramic |
Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
(informal, of a politician) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
* 1995 , Liz Cunningham, Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age :
made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
(uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
(countable) An object made of this material
As adjectives the difference between teflon and ceramic
is that teflon is having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces) while ceramic is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.As a proper noun Teflon
is multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.As a noun ceramic is
a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures.teflon
English
(wikipedia Teflon)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(-)- But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the Teflon president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.
See also
* Gore-Tex * ePTFEceramic
English
(wikipedia ceramic)Adjective
(-)- A ceramic vase stood on the table.
Derived terms
* vitroceramicNoun
- Joan made the dish of ceramic .
- Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.
