OK so help, an 11 year old just asked me whats the difference between a rock and a stone?
Ouch. Not sure. Good question
I know a mine mines ROCK not STONES.
Illegal bonking in Islam gets you STONED not ROCKED.
Stub your foot on a ROCK.
Load a STONE in your catapult.
Decorate a garden with ROCKS.
Scale of sizes on a coal mine is duff, peas, nuts, STONES, cobbles and {can't remember the bigger sizes}
Size?
I'll as Prof Sue, my big sister - used to teach linguistics at Wits
Chinese uses same character ( 石 ) for both.