Ballast vs. Concrete

Ballast vs. Concrete — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ballast and Concrete

Ballastnoun

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

Concreteadjective

Real, actual, tangible.

Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists.Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t.

Ballastnoun

(figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.

Concreteadjective

Being or applying to actual things, not abstract qualities or categories.

Ballastnoun

Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete.

Concreteadjective

Particular, specific, rather than general.

While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.concrete ideas
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Ballastnoun

(construction) A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.

Concreteadjective

United by coalescence of separate particles, or liquid, into one mass or solid.

Ballastnoun

device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)

Concreteadjective

Made of concrete, a building material.

The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.

Ballastnoun

(figurative) That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

Concretenoun

(obsolete) A solid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles; a compound substance, a concretion.

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Ballastverb

To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.

Concretenoun

Specifically, a building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.

The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.

Ballastverb

To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

Concretenoun

(logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

Ballastnoun

any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

Concretenoun

Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

Ballastnoun

coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

Concretenoun

(US) A dessert of frozen custard with various toppings.

Ballastnoun

an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

Concreteverb

To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).

I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.

Ballastnoun

a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

Concreteverb

To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

Ballastnoun

an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

Concreteverb

To unite or coalesce into a mass or a solid body.

Ballastverb

make steady with a ballast

Concretenoun

a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water

Concreteverb

cover with cement;

concrete the walls

Concreteverb

form into a solid mass; coalesce

Concreteadjective

capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary;

concrete objects such as trees

Concreteadjective

formed by the coalescence of particles