The difference between Calculus and Stone

When used as nouns, calculus means calculation, whereas stone means a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.


Stone is also adverb with the meaning: as a stone .

Stone is also verb with the meaning: to pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

Stone is also adjective with the meaning: constructed of stone.

check bellow for the other definitions of Calculus and Stone

  1. Calculus as a noun (dated, countable):

    Calculation; computation.

  2. Calculus as a noun (countable, mathematics):

    Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.

    Examples:

    "lambda calculus'"

    "predicate calculus'"

  3. Calculus as a noun (uncountable, often, definite, '''the calculus'''):

    Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis.

  4. Calculus as a noun (countable, medicine):

    A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.

    Examples:

    "renal calculus'' ( = kidney stone)"

  5. Calculus as a noun (uncountable, dentistry):

    Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.

  6. Calculus as a noun (countable):

    A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

  1. Stone as a noun (uncountable):

    A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

  2. Stone as a noun:

    A small piece of stone, a pebble.

  3. Stone as a noun:

    A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

  4. Stone as a noun (British, plural: '''''stone'''''):

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

  5. Stone as a noun (botany):

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

    Examples:

    "a peach stone'"

  6. Stone as a noun (medicine):

    A hard, stone-like deposit.

    Examples:

    "kidney stone'"

  7. Stone as a noun (board games):

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

  8. Stone as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "color pane8A807C"

  9. Stone as a noun (curling):

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

  10. Stone as a noun:

    A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gray"

  11. Stone as a noun (obsolete):

    A mirror, or its glass.

  12. Stone as a noun (obsolete):

    A testicle.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  13. Stone as a noun (dated, printing):

    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.

  1. Stone as a verb (transitive):

    To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

    Examples:

    "She got stoned to death after they found her."

  2. Stone as a verb (transitive):

    To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

  3. Stone as a verb (intransitive):

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

  4. Stone as a verb (transitive, slang):

    To intoxicate, especially with narcotics.

  5. Stone as a verb (intransitive, Singapore, slang):

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

  6. Stone as a verb (transitive):

    To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

  1. Stone as an adjective:

    Constructed of stone.

    Examples:

    "stone walls"

  2. Stone as an adjective:

    Having the appearance of stone.

    Examples:

    "stone pot"

  3. Stone as an adjective:

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

  4. Stone as an adjective (AAVE):

    .

    Examples:

    "She is one stone fox."

  5. Stone as an adjective (LGBT):

    Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

    Examples:

    "stone butch; stone femme"

  1. Stone as an adverb:

    As a stone .

    Examples:

    "My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold."

  2. Stone as an adverb (slang):

    Absolutely, completely .

    Examples:

    "I went stone crazy after she left."

    "I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind."

    "[[w:The Styistics The Styistics]] performed a love song titled "[[w:I'm Stone in Love with You I'm Stone in Love with You]]"."