Difference between Vitreous and Solid

What is the difference between Vitreous and Solid?

Vitreous as an adjective is of, or resembling glass; glassy while Solid as an adjective is in the solid state; not fluid.

Vitreous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, or resembling glass; glassy Of, or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye having a shiny nonporous surface Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The vitreous humor.

Solid

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).A favor: a helpful deed.An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.Food which is not liquid-based.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Without spaces or hyphens.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: In the solid state; not fluid.Large, massive.Filling.Lacking holes or hollows; as solid gold, solid chocolate.Strong or unyielding; as a solid foundation.Lacking errors or inconsistencies.Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.Excellent, especially musically.Being of a single color throughout.

Example sentence: The mineral world is a much more supple and mobile world than could be imagined by the science of the ancients. Vaguely analogous to the metamorphoses of living creatures, there occurs in the most solid rocks, as we now know, perpetual transformation of a mineral species.

We hope you now know whether to use Vitreous or Solid in your sentence.

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