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A xenolith is a foreign inclusion in an igneous rock.

A xenocryst is a crystal, resembling a phenocryst, in an igneous rock that is foreign to the body of rock in which it occurs.

Xenocryst is just more specific, talking only about crystals, whereas a xenolith could be any type of inclusion

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