stone vs concretion

concretion vs stone

stone and concretion both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but concretion is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but concretion is not a verb.

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

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

stone: 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 stone 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.

stone (noun)	concretion (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
a lack of feeling or expression or movement	an increase in the density of something
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter	a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed	the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)
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)	concretion (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

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

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