rock vs concretion

concretion vs rock

rock and concretion both are nouns.

rock is a verb but concretion is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rock	Yes	No	Yes	No
concretion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, concretion is a hyponym of rock; that is, concretion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rock:

rock: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
concretion: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

Other hyponyms of rock include achondrite, bedrock, boulder, bowlder, calculus, chondrite, clastic rock, crystal, crystallization, intrusion, outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop, pebble, petrifaction, sill, stepping stone, tor, wall rock, whin, whinstone, xenolith.

rock (noun)	concretion (noun)
pitching dangerously to one side	the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western	an increase in the density of something
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)	a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter	the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

rock (verb)	concretion (verb)
move back and forth or sideways
cause to move back and forth

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