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Touchstone vs Lodestone - What's the difference?

touchstone | lodestone |

As nouns the difference between touchstone and lodestone

is that touchstone is a stone used to test the quality of gold alloys while lodestone is a naturally occurring magnet.

touchstone

English

Noun

  • A stone used to test the quality of gold alloys.
  • A standard of comparison or evaluation.
  • * South
  • The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits.

    lodestone

    English

    Alternative forms

    * loadstone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A naturally occurring magnet.
  • (obsolete) The mineral magnetite.