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Whetstone vs Novaculite - What's the difference?

whetstone | novaculite |

As a proper noun whetstone

is a location in barnet, london, england.

As a noun novaculite is

(geology) a form of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones.

whetstone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 88-89
    • It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone , which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.
  • (computing) A benchmark for evaluating the power of a computer.

    • Related terms

    * stone, whet

    See also

    * grind, grindstone * hone

    novaculite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia novaculite) (en noun)
  • (geology) A form of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones
    • English words suffixed with -ite