Gem vs. Ore

Published: 10 Jun, 2022

Gemnoun

A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

Orenoun

Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which—at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction—are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.

Gemnoun

(figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person.

‘She's an absolute gem.’;

Orenoun

Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury.

Gemnoun

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’;

Orenoun

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).

Gemnoun

(obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud.

Orenoun

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.

Gemnoun

A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.

Orenoun

Metal; as, the liquid ore.

Gemnoun

(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.

Orenoun

a metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined

Gemnoun

A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.

Orenoun

a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

Gemverb

(transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.

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.

Gemnoun

A bud.

‘From the joints of thy prolific stemA swelling knot is raised called a gem.’;

Gemnoun

A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.

Gemnoun

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.

Gemverb

To put forth in the form of buds.

Gemverb

To adorn with gems or precious stones.

Gemverb

To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.

‘England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.’;

Gemnoun

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’;

Gemnoun

art highly prized for its beauty or perfection