clear as crystal vs crystalline

clear as crystal

adj
  • Easily understandable. 

  • Entirely transparent. 

crystalline

adj
  • Pure. 

  • Of, relating to, or composed of crystals. 

  • Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent. 

  • Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure. 

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