Gem vs. Ore — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gem and Ore
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Gem
A piece of a valuable mineral or minerallike substance that has been cut, polished, or otherwise prepared for use as an ornament.
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Ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit. Ore is extracted from the earth through mining and treated or refined, often via smelting, to extract the valuable metals or minerals.
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Gem
Something that is valued for its beauty or perfection
A little gem of a book.
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Ore
A mineral or an aggregate of minerals from which a valuable constituent, especially a metal, can be profitably mined or extracted.
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Gem
A beloved or highly prized person.
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Ore
A Swedish unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the krona.
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Gem
A muffin, especially a very small one.
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Ore
Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.
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Gem
To adorn with gems.
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Ore
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury.
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Gem
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
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Ore
The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
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Gem
(figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
She's an absolute gem.
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Ore
A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.
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Gem
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
A gem of wit
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Ore
Metal; as, the liquid ore.
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Gem
(obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud.
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Ore
A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined
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Gem
A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.
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Ore
A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona
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Gem
(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
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Gem
A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
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Gem
(transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
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Gem
A bud.
From the joints of thy prolific stemA swelling knot is raised called a gem.
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Gem
A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
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Gem
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
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Gem
To put forth in the form of buds.
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Gem
To adorn with gems or precious stones.
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Gem
To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.
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Gem
A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
He had the gem set in a ring for his wife
She had jewels made of all the rarest stones
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Gem
Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
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Gem
A person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
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Gem
A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan
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Gem
A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
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