Cement-Concrete | Commonly Confused Words

Cement

/sɪˈment/

A binding material used for construction that hardens over time to hold things together.

The track is surfaced with cement.A cement sculpture stood in the garden.Builders mixed sand and cement for the foundation.

/ˈkɒŋkriːt/

A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, gravel, and water, or something definite and tangible

A mute, concrete sky.His abnormal power of vision made abstractions take on concrete form.The bridge was made of reinforced concrete.

Cement is an ingredient in concrete.
Concrete is used for building and construction, while cement may not be used directly in the same manner.
Cement is usually a fine powder, while concrete is more like a solid or liquid slurry.
You need cement to make concrete, but not the other way around.
Think of cement as flour and concrete as cake.