Marble vs. Pebble — What's the Difference?

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated, although there are exceptions.

A pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size of 4–64 mm (0.16–2.52 in) based on the Udden-Wentworth scale of sedimentology. Pebbles are generally considered larger than granules (2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) in diameter) and smaller than cobbles (64–256 mm (2.5–10.1 in) in diameter).

A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture.

A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion.

A piece of this rock.

Clear colorless quartz; rock crystal.

A sculpture made from this rock.

A lens made of such quartz.

Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold

(Geology) A rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimeters (0.16 and 2.51 inches) in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.

A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games.

An irregularly rough, grainy surface, as on leather or paper.

Marbles (used with a sing. verb) Any of various games played with marbles.

To pave with pebbles.

Marbles Slang Common sense; sanity

To impart an irregularly rough, grainy surface to (leather or paper).

Marbling.

To pelt with pebbles.

To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

Composed of metamorphic rock

(geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.

(curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.

A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.

Transparent and colourless rock crystal.

A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.

A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.

Statues made from marble.

(transitive) To pave with pebbles.

(transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.

To deposit water droplets on the ice.

(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.

(transitive) To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.

(transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.

To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.

To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

A small roundish piece of stone; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.

To lace or be laced throughout.

Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; - so called by opticians.

Made of, or resembling, marble.

To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

(figurative) Cold; hard; unfeeling.

A small smooth rounded rock

A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.

A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.

A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.

Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.

Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.

To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.

A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

A small ball of glass that is used in various games

A sculpture carved from marble

Paint or stain like marble;