What is the difference between cement and concrete?

Cement makes Concrete

Cement is a raw ingredient, ie.. portland cement, limestone, gravel, water in making concrete. Concrete is the finished, set/up or hardened product that you drive your vehicle on.

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Concrete is a mixture of water, cement, sand and gravel. The cement is what sets up and holds the mixture together as cured or set concrete. Cement is a powder purchased normally in bags (as in Portland Cement) and added to the mix of sand and gravel with water to make a slurry for ease of placement in forms or molds.

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Cement is any chemical binding agent that makes things stick to it or each other. Examples of cement are "glue," "mortar," and "paste." Concrete is a construction material consisting of cement, water, and some type of granular crushed material like cinders, gravel, sand, slag, or stone. When water is added to the cement and granular material, it activates the cement, which is the element responsible for binding the mix to form a solid object. Cement is from Latin caementum, or 'quarry stone', referring to the crushed stone mixed to form a setting mortar. Eventually, the term was applied to the binding agent itself. Concrete's early meanings were 'formed by cohesion; solidified', from Latin concrescere, 'grow together'. The meaning 'construction material' dates only from the mid-19th century.

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