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 You can learn writing good questions by trying and at least on German Language, you can only win reputation (it can’t go below 0). Moreover, the skills needed to write a good question are not only helpful on Stack Exchange.

@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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