The difference between Pebble and Stone

When used as nouns, pebble means a small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water, whereas stone means a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

When used as verbs, pebble means to pave with pebbles, whereas stone means to pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.


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

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Pebble and Stone

  1. Pebble as a noun:

    A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

  2. Pebble as a noun (geology):

    A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

  3. Pebble as a noun (curling):

    A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.

  4. Pebble as a noun:

    Transparent and colourless rock crystal.

    Examples:

    "Brazilian pebble"

  1. Pebble as a verb (transitive):

    To pave with pebbles.

  2. Pebble as a verb (transitive, curling):

    To deposit water droplets on the ice.

    Examples:

    "to pebble the ice between games"

  3. Pebble as a verb (transitive):

    To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.

  4. Pebble as a verb (transitive, graph theory):

    To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see .

  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]]"."