stone vs bedrock

bedrock vs stone

stone and bedrock both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but bedrock is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but bedrock is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
bedrock	Yes	No	No	No

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

stone: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
bedrock: solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil

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

stone (noun)	bedrock (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	principles from which other truths can be derived
a lack of feeling or expression or movement	solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

stone (adjective)	bedrock (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone (verb)	bedrock (verb)
remove the pits from
kill by throwing stones at

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