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What is the difference between a rock and a stone?

April 26, 2017difference rock stone

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What is the difference between a rock and a stone?

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Colloquially the words ‘stone’ and ‘rock’ may be used interchangably. To geologists, a ‘stone’ is either a piece of rock used in construction or else it is a cut or uncut natural gem or ‘gemstone’. In this course, you should adopt the geologists’ meaning.