Pebble vs. Stone
Difference Between Pebble and Stone
Pebblenoun
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
Stonenoun
(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
Pebblenoun
(geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Stonenoun
A small piece of stone, a pebble.
Pebblenoun
(curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
Stonenoun
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
Pebblenoun
Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
Brazilian pebbleStonenoun
A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
Pebblenoun
A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
Stonenoun
(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
a peach stonePebbleverb
(transitive) To pave with pebbles.
Stonenoun
(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
kidney stonePebbleverb
To deposit water droplets on the ice.
to pebble the ice between gamesStonenoun
(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
Pebbleverb
(transitive) To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
Stonenoun
A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Pebbleverb
To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.
Stonenoun
(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
Pebblenoun
a small smooth rounded rock
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.
She got stoned to death after they found her.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.
stone wallsStoneadjective
Having the appearance of stone.
stone potStoneadjective
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Stoneadjective
(AAVE) Used as an intensifier.
She is one stone fox.Stoneadjective
(LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
stone butch; stone femmeStoneadverb
As a stone used with following adjective.
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.Stoneadverb
(slang) Absolutely, completely used with following adjectives.
I went stone crazy after she left.I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.The Styistics performed a love song titled "I'm Stone in Love with You".Stonenoun
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;
he threw a rock at meStonenoun
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;
that mountain is solid rockstone is abundant in New England and there are many quarriesStonenoun
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose;
he wanted a special stone to mark the siteStonenoun
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
he had the gem set in a ring for his wifeshe had jewels made of all the rarest stonesStonenoun
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;
you should remove the stones from prunes before cookingStonenoun
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds;
a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stoneStonenoun
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;
he must have a heart of stoneher face was as hard as stoneStoneverb
kill by throwing stones at;
Adulterers should be stoned according to the KoranStoneverb
remove the pits from;
pit plums and cherriesStoneadjective
of any of various dull tannish-gray colors
