Shingle vs. Gravel — What's the Difference?

A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building.

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel is classified by particle size range and includes size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments.

(Informal) A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office

An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.

A woman's close-cropped haircut.

(Medicine) The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.

Beach gravel consisting of large smooth pebbles.

To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.

A stretch of shore or beach covered with such gravel.

To confuse; perplex.

To cover (a roof or building) with shingles.

(Informal) To irritate.

To cut (hair) short and close to the head.

(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.

A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.

A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).

Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

A punitive strap such as a belt.

A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.

(by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.

(rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.

Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

(transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.

(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.

To puzzle or annoy.

(transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.

To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.

To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.

(transitive) To beat with a shingle.

To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, - used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.

A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.

To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.

To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.

To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Building material used as siding or roofing

Rock fragments and pebbles

Coarse beach gravel of small water-worn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

Cover with gravel;

Cover with shingles;

Be a mystery or bewildering to;

Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound;