Volcanic vs Volcaniclastic - What's the difference?
volcanic | volcaniclastic |
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 556:
(geology) Being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials
As adjectives the difference between volcanic and volcaniclastic
is that volcanic is of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat while volcaniclastic is being a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials.As a noun volcaniclastic is
a clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials.volcanic
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Adjective
(-)- With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.