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mica vs biotite

biotite vs mica

mica and biotite both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mica Yes No No No
biotite Yes No No No
As nouns, biotite is a hyponym of mica; that is, biotite is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mica:
  • mica: any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity
  • biotite: dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Other hyponyms of mica include lepidolite, muscovite, paragonite, phlogopite, zinnwaldite.
mica (noun) biotite (noun)
any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Difference between mica and biotite

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