Stone vs. Rock

Stonenoun

(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

Stonenoun

A small piece of stone, a pebble.

Stonenoun

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

Stonenoun

A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms

Stonenoun

(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

Stonenoun

(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.

Stonenoun

(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.

Stonenoun

A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

Stonenoun

(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

Stonenoun

A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

Stonenoun

(obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.

Stonenoun

(obsolete) A testicle.

Stonenoun

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing; also called imposing stone.

Stoneverb

(transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

Stoneverb

(transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

Stoneverb

(intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

Stoneverb

To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. Usually in passive

Stoneverb

To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

Stoneverb

(transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

Stoneadjective

Constructed of stone.

Stoneadjective

Having the appearance of stone.

Stoneadjective

Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

Stoneadjective

(AAVE) Used as an intensifier.

Stoneadjective

(LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

Stoneadverb

As a stone used with following adjective.

Stoneadverb

(slang) Absolutely, completely used with following adjectives.

Stonenoun

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.

Stonenoun

A precious stone; a gem.

Stonenoun

Something made of stone. Specifically: -

Stonenoun

The glass of a mirror; a mirror.

Stonenoun

A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.

Stonenoun

A monument to the dead; a gravestone.

Stonenoun

One of the testes; a testicle.

Stonenoun

The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Stonenoun

A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.

Stonenoun

Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.

Stonenoun

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; - called also imposing stone.

Stoneverb

To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.

Stoneverb

To make like stone; to harden.

Stoneverb

To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.

Stoneverb

To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.

Stoneverb

To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.

Stonenoun

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;

Stonenoun

material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;

Stonenoun

building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose;

Stonenoun

a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;

Stonenoun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

Stonenoun

an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds;

Stonenoun

United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

Stonenoun

United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

Stonenoun

United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

Stonenoun

United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946)

Stonenoun

United States architect (1902-1978)

Stonenoun

a lack of feeling or expression or movement;

Stoneverb

kill by throwing stones at;

Stoneverb

remove the pits from;

Stoneadjective

of any of various dull tannish-gray colors

Stonenoun

hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material

Stonenoun

used in similes and metaphors to refer to weight or lack of feeling, expression, or movement

Stonenoun

a small piece of rock found on the ground.

Stonenoun

a meteorite made of rock, as opposed to metal.

Stonenoun

a calculus; a gallstone or kidney stone.

Stonenoun

a piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation

Stonenoun

a gem or jewel

Stonenoun

short for curling stone

Stonenoun

a round piece or counter, originally made of stone, used in various board games, especially the Japanese game of go.

Stonenoun

a large flat table or sheet, originally made of stone and now usually of metal, on which pages of type are made up.

Stonenoun

a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.

Stonenoun

a unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg)

Stonenoun

a natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey

Stoneverb

throw stones at

Stoneverb

remove the stone from (a fruit).

Stoneverb

build, face, or pave with stone

Rocknoun

A formation of minerals, specifically:

Rocknoun

(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.

Rocknoun

A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.

Rocknoun

(UK) A boulder or large stone; or a smaller stone; a pebble.

Rocknoun

(geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.

Rocknoun

(slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.

Rocknoun

A large hill or island having no vegetation.

Rocknoun

(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.

Rocknoun

A lump or cube of ice.

Rocknoun

A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.

Rocknoun

A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.

Rocknoun

An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.

Rocknoun

An Afrikaner.

Rocknoun

An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.

Rocknoun

Any of several fish:

Rocknoun

The striped bass.

Rocknoun

The huss or rock salmon.

Rocknoun

A basketball.

Rocknoun

(rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

Rocknoun

An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.

Rocknoun

A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.

Rocknoun

(countable) Distaff.

Rocknoun

(uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.

Rockverb

To move gently back and forth.

Rockverb

(transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.

Rockverb

(intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.

Rockverb

To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.

Rockverb

(transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).

Rockverb

(intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.

Rockverb

(euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.

Rockverb

(intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

Rockverb

To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.

Rockverb

(transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music

Rockverb

(transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully

Rockverb

(transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).

Rocknoun

See Roc.

Rocknoun

A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.

Rocknoun

A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

Rocknoun

Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.

Rocknoun

That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.

Rocknoun

Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.

Rocknoun

The striped bass. See under Bass.

Rockverb

To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.

Rockverb

To move as in a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.

Rockverb

To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.

Rockverb

To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.

Rocknoun

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;

Rocknoun

material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;

Rocknoun

United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

Rocknoun

(figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable;

Rocknoun

hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored

Rocknoun

a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western;

Rocknoun

pitching dangerously to one side

Rockverb

move back and forth or sideways;

Rockverb

cause to move back and forth;

Rocknoun

the solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil

Rocknoun

a mass of rock projecting above the earth's surface or out of the sea

Rocknoun

any natural material, hard or soft (e.g. clay), having a distinctive mineral composition.

Rocknoun

informal name for Gibraltar.

Rocknoun

a name for Newfoundland

Rocknoun

a large piece of rock which has become detached from a cliff or mountain; a boulder

Rocknoun

a stone of any size

Rocknoun

a kind of hard confectionery in the form of cylindrical peppermint-flavoured sticks

Rocknoun

a precious stone, especially a diamond.

Rocknoun

a small piece of crack cocaine

Rocknoun

a man's testicles.

Rocknoun

used to refer to someone or something that is extremely strong, reliable, or hard

Rocknoun

(especially with allusion to shipwrecks) a source of danger or destruction

Rocknoun

money.

Rocknoun

rock music

Rocknoun

rock and roll.

Rocknoun

a gentle movement to and fro or from side to side

Rockverb

move gently to and fro or from side to side

Rockverb

(with reference to a building or region) shake or cause to shake or vibrate, especially because of an impact, earthquake, or explosion

Rockverb

cause great shock or distress to (someone or something), especially so as to weaken or destabilize

Rockverb

dance to or play rock music

Rockverb

(of a place) be exciting or full of social activity

Rockverb

be very good or pleasing

Rockverb

wear (a garment) or affect (an attitude or style), especially in a confident or flamboyant way