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rock vs limestone

limestone vs rock

rock and limestone both are nouns.

rock is a verb but limestone is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rock Yes No Yes No
limestone Yes No No No
As nouns, limestone is a hyponym of rock; that is, limestone 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
  • limestone: a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
Other hyponyms of rock include quartzite, road metal, sedimentary rock, sial, sima, metamorphic rock, crushed rock, gravel, caliche, shingling, pumice, pumice stone, aphanite, claystone, dolomite, emery rock, emery stone, conglomerate, pudding stone, fieldstone, greisen, calc-tufa, tufa, magma, igneous rock, marble, matrix.
rock (noun) limestone (noun)
pitching dangerously to one side a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
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) limestone (verb)
move back and forth or sideways
cause to move back and forth
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