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Volcano vs Trass - What's the difference?

volcano | trass |

As nouns the difference between volcano and trass

is that volcano is a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface while trass is (geology) a white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.

volcano

English

(wikipedia volcano)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

    • Derived terms

    (Terms derived from "volcano") * active volcano * complex volcano * cryovolcano * dormant volcano * extinct volcano * mud volcano * shield volcano * stratovolcano * subglacial volcano * supervolcano * * volcanic * volcanism * volcanology

    See also

    * crater * lava * lava flow * magma * vent English nouns with irregular plurals

    trass

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tarrace * tarras * terras

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
  • A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
    • (Webster 1913)