Difference between Vitreous and Vitrified

What is the difference between Vitreous and Vitrified?

Vitreous as an adjective is of, or resembling glass; glassy while Vitrified as an adjective is converted into glass

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.

Vitrified

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Converted into glass

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

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