Difference between Scoria and Slag

What is the difference between Scoria and Slag?

Scoria as a noun is the slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore while Slag as a noun is the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.

Scoria

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore A porous rock that is formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater.

Slag

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.The scoria of a volcano.A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex. Meaning slut.A hard aggregate that is left as a residue from blast furnaces, which may be used as a surfacing material.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make slag.To talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone.

Example sentence: I slag off people I see coming out of the gym with a can of Red Bull or a Lucozade!

We hope you now know whether to use Scoria or Slag in your sentence.

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