stone vs outcrop

outcrop vs stone

stone and outcrop both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but outcrop is not an adjective.

stone and outcrop both are verbs.

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

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

stone: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
outcrop: the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land

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

stone (noun)	outcrop (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose	the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
a lack of feeling or expression or movement
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)	outcrop (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

stone (verb)	outcrop (verb)
remove the pits from	appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
kill by throwing stones at

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