Difference between Concrete and Ballast

What is the difference between Concrete and Ballast?

Concrete as a noun is a building material created by mixing portland cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand. while Ballast as a noun is heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

Concrete

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Particular, perceivable, real. Not abstract. Made of concrete building material.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A building material created by mixing Portland cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over. To solidify.

Ballast

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads.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.device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g.in a tube lamp supply circuit)

We hope you now know whether to use Concrete or Ballast in your sentence.

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