Hello, world. I have a question. Felsen vs Stein. Stein to keep it simple is basically a small rock you can feet in your palm and throw if with relative ease, if you want.Felsen, on the other hand, is a boulder, if you try to lift it, it will crush your spine, if it falls on you (Fels_en, falls_on) you're done for.Right? And I know there's more in-depth explanation but I would rather, if possible, keep it superficial.

@GofunDake, any reason not to post this on main?

I have this sad story of me posting question 'on main', that decrease my reputation, due to my question not being specific enough, being a double of someone's else question, being lame in general, i just gave up on trying, chat is where I belong

@GofunDake starred this message because I believe people who don't help you with writing good questions should read this.

You could start here: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felsen and here: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stein

But that's the "scientific" definition.

A question re. the colloquial use could be interesting. @Takkat, do you happen to know whether we already have one?

the science and me don't get along well, I need some sort of ease to understand very superficial definition

or like not definition but rather clarification

@GofunDake “What’s the difference between Stein and Felsen?” is a sufficiently specific question, if you can elaborate why a dictionary does not satisfyingly answer it.

Can you explain the difference without going in scientific depths? Does my explanation was off the mark?

I used google pictures with 'Stein' and 'Felsen' respectively and got mostly small polished stones for 'Stein', and huge boulders for 'Felsen' I thought, maybe that's the difference...

both can be rock in English, so a dictionary may not help in deciding which one to take. For me this should be an interesting question.

also I saw expression like steiler Felsen but never steiler Stein (not that I'm read German that much thoug) but if you think about it, small stones can't be steep

@Takkat also considering the number of different meanings for Stein and Fels(en) given in a German dictionary

steinig vs felsig - steinhart vs. felsenfest.

@Loong this too :)

@GofunDake ask on main, don't let people scare you away. If you are unsure, link the question here in chat to ask what could be improved.

@GofunDake: Where did your previous account go? Or is it the same and you just deleted all your posts?

@chirlu odd

but the current one is 11 months old

Thanks a lot for voting and editing my question

I asked questions on superuser stackexchange before

@GofunDake SU is not AU ;)

Thing with us is that chat is not so frequented. You simply get a much better chance for good answers on main.

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