Carbon-dating is the scientific process used to determine the age of an object made of organic matter based on the analysis of radiocarbon isotopes. However, there are other words that can be used interchangeably with carbon-date, including radiocarbon dating, carbon-14 dating, and radiometric dating. These terms all refer to the same process of dating objects based on the radioactive decay of carbon isotopes. Other related terms include isotope dating and accelerator mass spectrometry dating. While there are subtle differences between these terms, they all refer to the same basic process of determining the age of an object based on the presence of carbon and other isotopes.