boulder vs stone
stone vs boulderboulder and stone both are nouns.
boulder is not an adjective while stone is an adjective.
boulder is not a verb while stone is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| boulder | Yes | No | No | No |
| stone | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
stone is a hypernym of
boulder; that is, stone is a
word with a broader meaning than boulder:
- boulder: a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
- stone: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
Other hypernyms of boulder include
rock.
| boulder (noun) | stone (noun) |
|---|---|
| a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin | building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose |
| a lack of feeling or expression or movement | |
| a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter | |
| the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | |
| an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds | |
| material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust | |
| a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry |
| boulder (adjective) | stone (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of any of various dull tannish or grey colors |
| boulder (verb) | stone (verb) |
|---|---|
| remove the pits from | |
| kill by throwing stones at |
Words related to "boulder"
Words related to "stone"
- Blarney Stone
- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- achondrite
- aphanite
- ashlar
- avoirdupois unit
- bedrock
- boulder
- bowlder
- building material
- cabochon
- calc-tufa
- calculus
- caliche
- capstone
- cherry stone
- chilliness
- chondrite
- chromatic
- clastic rock
- claystone
- coldness
- concretion
- conglomerate
- coolness
- copestone
- coping stone
- cornerstone
- crushed rock
- crystal
- crystallization
- dolomite
- emery rock
- emery stone
- endocarp
- fieldstone
- foundation stone
- frigidity
- frigidness
- gem
- gemstone
- gravel
- gravestone
- greisen
- grindstone
- headstone
- hearthstone
- iciness
- igneous rock
- impost
- intrusion
- jewellery
- jewelry
- kill
- lapidate
- lb
- limestone
- magma
- marble
- material
- matrix
- metamorphic rock
- millstone
- mineral
- monolith
- natural object
- opaque gem
- outcrop
- outcropping
- paving stone
- peach pit
- pebble
- pericarp
- petrifaction
- pit
- pound
- pudding stone
- pumice
- pumice stone
- quarter
- quartzite
- remove
- road metal
- rock
- rock outcrop
- sedimentary rock
- seed vessel
- semi-precious stone
- shingling
- sial
- sill
- sima
- springer
- stela
- stele
- stepping stone
- stoner
- stoning
- stony
- stretcher
- stuff
- take
- take away
- tombstone
- tor
- transparent gem
- tufa
- wall rock
- whetstone
- whin
- whinstone
- withdraw
- xenolith
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