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
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Calculus as a noun (dated, countable):
Calculation; computation.
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Calculus as a noun (countable, mathematics):
Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
Examples:
"lambda calculus'"
"predicate calculus'"
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Calculus as a noun (uncountable, often, definite, '''the calculus'''):
Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis.
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Calculus as a noun (countable, medicine):
A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
Examples:
"renal calculus'' ( = kidney stone)"
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Calculus as a noun (uncountable, dentistry):
Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
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Calculus as a noun (countable):
A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.
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Stone as a noun (uncountable):
A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
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Stone as a noun:
A small piece of stone, a pebble.
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Stone as a noun:
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
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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
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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'"
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Stone as a noun (medicine):
A hard, stone-like deposit.
Examples:
"kidney stone'"
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Stone as a noun (board games):
A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.
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Stone as a noun:
A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
Examples:
"color pane8A807C"
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Stone as a noun (curling):
A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
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Stone as a noun:
A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
Examples:
"rfquotek Gray"
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Stone as a noun (obsolete):
A mirror, or its glass.
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Stone as a noun (obsolete):
A testicle.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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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.
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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."
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Stone as a verb (transitive):
To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
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Stone as a verb (intransitive):
To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
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Stone as a verb (transitive, slang):
To intoxicate, especially with narcotics.
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Stone as a verb (intransitive, Singapore, slang):
To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
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Stone as a verb (transitive):
To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
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Stone as an adjective:
Constructed of stone.
Examples:
"stone walls"
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Stone as an adjective:
Having the appearance of stone.
Examples:
"stone pot"
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Stone as an adjective:
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
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Stone as an adjective (AAVE):
.
Examples:
"She is one stone fox."
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Stone as an adjective (LGBT):
Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
Examples:
"stone butch; stone femme"
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Stone as an adverb:
As a stone .
Examples:
"My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold."
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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]]"."