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stone vs whin

whin vs stone

stone and whin both are nouns.

stone is an adjective but whin is not an adjective.

stone is a verb but whin is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stone Yes Yes Yes No
whin Yes No No No
As nouns, whin is a hyponym of stone; that is, whin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stone:
  • stone: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
  • whin: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
Other hyponyms of stone include achondrite, bedrock, boulder, bowlder, calculus, concretion, chondrite, clastic rock, crystal, crystallization, intrusion, outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop, pebble, petrifaction, sill, stepping stone, tor, wall rock, whinstone, xenolith.
stone (noun) whin (noun)
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)
a lack of feeling or expression or movement small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
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) whin (adjective)
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
stone (verb) whin (verb)
remove the pits from
kill by throwing stones at
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