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precious stone vs diamond

diamond vs precious stone

precious stone and diamond both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
precious stone Yes No No No
diamond Yes No No No
As nouns, diamond is a hyponym of precious stone; that is, diamond is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than precious stone:
  • precious stone: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
  • diamond: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
Other hyponyms of precious stone include crown jewel, solitaire, ruby, pearl, emerald, sapphire.
precious stone (noun) diamond (noun)
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
the baseball playing field
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
Difference between precious stone and diamond

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