Pellet vs. Sinter — What's the Difference?

A small, solid or densely packed ball or mass, as of food, wax, or medicine.

(Geology) A chemical sediment or crust, as of porous silica, deposited by a mineral spring.

A bullet or piece of small shot.

A mass formed by sintering.

A stone ball, used as a catapult missile or a primitive cannonball.

To cause (metallic powder, for example) to form a coherent mass by heating without melting.

To make or form into pellets.

To form a coherent mass by heating without melting.

To strike with pellets.

(geology) An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

A mass formed by sintering.

A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.

A mixture of iron ore and fluxes added to a blast furnace.

Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.

To compact and heat a powder to form a solid mass.

(heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot).

Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; - applied as a name to various minerals.

One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Used of powdery metals or ores; to cause to become a coherent mass by heating without melting

To form into pellets.

To strike with pellets.

A little ball; as, a pellet of wax on paper.

A bullet; a ball for firearms.

To form into small balls; to pelletize.

A small sphere

A solid missile discharged from a firearm;