A mold is a form into which molten metal is poured. When the metal hardens, it takes the shape of the mold. This process is called casting.
Mold filled with minerals
The definition of the word casting is " an object made by pouring molten metal or other material into a mold."
A MOLD is used to make a cast.
One of the definitions of the word castings is "an object made by pouring molten metal or other material into a mold."
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Mold is like cast in being a type of fossil .
a mold is an impression of an organism. a cast is a mold filled with sediment
a mold is what you pour materials into to make a cast
A mold and cast fossil is and exact stone replica of an organism but it is formed like this. The first layer of sediment hardens and forms a mold. then a new layer of sediment fills in the mold and hardens. That is the cast.
The root word "cast" typically refers to something being thrown or laid. It can also denote a mold or a group of actors in a play or movie.
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The Cast is the fossil of the shell etc itself. The Mould is the hollow left in the surrounding rock if the fossil is removed artificially or by some natural event such as differential dissolution or mass-movement.