rock vs gravel

rock and gravel both are nouns.

rock and gravel both are verbs.

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

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

rock: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
gravel: rock fragments and pebbles

Other hyponyms of rock include quartzite, road metal, sedimentary rock, sial, sima, metamorphic rock, crushed rock, caliche, shingling, pumice, pumice stone, aphanite, claystone, dolomite, emery rock, emery stone, conglomerate, pudding stone, fieldstone, greisen, calc-tufa, tufa, magma, igneous rock, limestone, marble, matrix.

rock (noun)	gravel (noun)
pitching dangerously to one side	rock fragments and pebbles
a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
(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)	gravel (verb)
move back and forth or sideways	be a mystery or bewildering to
cause to move back and forth	cover with gravel
	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Difference between rock and gravel

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