Pound vs. Stone — What's the Difference?

A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (453.592 grams).

Hard solid non-metallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material

A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces (373.242 grams). See Table at measurement.

A piece of stone shaped for a purpose, especially one of commemoration, ceremony, or demarcation

A unit of weight differing in various countries and times.

A hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits.

See pound-force.

A unit of weight equal to 14 lb (6.35 kg)

See pound-mass.

A natural shade of whitish or brownish-grey

The primary unit of currency in the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971. Also called pound sterling.

Throw stones at

See Table at currency.

Remove the stone from (a fruit).

The primary unit of currency in Ireland and Cyprus before the adoption of the euro.

Build, face, or pave with stone

A primary unit of currency in Scotland before the Act of Union (1707). Also called pound scots.

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.

The pound key on a telephone.

Such concreted matter of a particular type. Often used in combination

A heavy blow.

A small piece of rock.

The sound of a heavy blow; a thump.

A piece of rock that is used in construction

The act of pounding.

A gravestone or tombstone.

An animal shelter, especially one operated by a public agency to house stray or confiscated animals.

A grindstone, millstone, or whetstone.

A public enclosure for the confinement of stray livestock.

A milestone or boundary.

A tank or submerged cage, as on a boat, in which live fish or shellfish are kept.

A gem or precious stone.

New England An establishment at which live lobsters are kept and sold, often also offering no-frills restaurant service.

Something, such as a hailstone, resembling a stone in shape or hardness.

A place in which vehicles impounded by the authorities are held until redeemed by their owners.

(Botany) The hard covering enclosing the seed in certain fruits, such as the cherry, plum, or peach.

(Archaic) A prison.

(Medicine) A mineral concretion in an organ, such as the kidney or gallbladder, or other body part; a calculus.

To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool

Pl. stone Abbr. st. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).

To assault with military force

(Printing) A table with a smooth surface on which page forms are composed.

To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush

Relating to or made of stone

To instill by persistent, emphatic repetition

Made of stoneware or earthenware.

To produce energetically, as from forceful use of the hands. Often used with out

Complete; utter. Often used in combination

To cause harm or loss to; affect adversely

Completely; utterly

To defeat soundly

To hurl or throw stones at, especially to kill with stones.

To attack verbally; criticize

To remove the stones or pits from.

(Slang) To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down

To furnish, fit, pave, or line with stones.

To strike vigorous, repeated blows

To rub on or with a stone in order to polish or sharpen.

To move along heavily and noisily

(Sports) To block a shot taken by (an opponent). Used of a goalie.

To pulsate rapidly and heavily; throb

(Obsolete) To make hard or indifferent.

To move or work laboriously

(uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.

To confine (an animal) in a pound.

A small piece of stone, a pebble.

A unit of weight in various measurement systems

A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.

Ellipsis of pound weight

(British) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight.

The translated name of various non-English units of measure

(botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

A unit of mass in various measurement systems

(medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.

Ellipsis of pound mass

(board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.

The translated name of various non-English units of measure

A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

(curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.

A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.

A unit of force in various measurement systems

(obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.

Ellipsis of pound force

(obsolete) A testicle.

The translated name of various non-English units of measure

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.

A unit of currency in various currency systems

(transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

The translated name of various non-English units of currency

(transitive) To wall with stones.

The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.

(transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.

(intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.

To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. Usually in passive

(US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)

To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.

A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.

(transitive) To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.

(metonymy) The people who work for the pound.

Constructed of stone.

(UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

Having the appearance of stone.

A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.

Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

(AAVE) Used as an intensifier.

(Newfoundland) a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine

(LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.

A hard blow.

As a stone used with following adjective.

To wager a pound on.

(slang) Absolutely, completely used with following adjectives.

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.

(transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.

A precious stone; a gem.

(transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.

Something made of stone. Specifically: -

To eat or drink very quickly.

The glass of a mirror; a mirror.

To pitch consistently to a certain location.

A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.

To beat strongly or throb.

A monument to the dead; a gravestone.

To penetrate sexually, with vigour.

One of the testes; a testicle.

To advance heavily with measured steps.

The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

(engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.

A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.

To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.

A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; - called also imposing stone.

To strike heavy blows; to beat.

To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.

To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

To make like stone; to harden.

To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.

An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.

A level stretch in a canal between locks.

To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.

A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter;

A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust;

A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

Building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose;

16 ounces;

A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;

The basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence

The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed;

The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

An avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds;

The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as Chief Justice (1872-1946)

The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

United States architect (1902-1978)

A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

A lack of feeling or expression or movement;

United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

Kill by throwing stones at;

A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;

Remove the pits from;

The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);

Of any of various dull tannish-gray colors

Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;

Strike or drive against with a heavy impact;

Move heavily or clumsily;

Move rhythmically;

Partition off into compartments;

Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;

Place or shut up in a pound;

Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;