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stone vs pound

pound vs stone

stone and pound both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but pound is not an adjective.

stone and pound both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stone Yes Yes Yes No
pound Yes No Yes No
stone (noun) pound (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
a lack of feeling or expression or movement a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
16 ounces avoirdupois
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
stone (adjective) pound (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
stone (verb) pound (verb)
remove the pits from break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
kill by throwing stones at hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
strike or drive against with a heavy impact
place or shut up in a pound
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
partition off into compartments
move rhythmically
move heavily or clumsily
Difference between stone and pound

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