But as 'the stone Buddhist image of Usuki' shows, Magaibutsu is often called 'a stone Buddhist image' as well, so that there is not so strict distinction between 'stone Buddhist image' and 'Magaibutsu.'
が、「臼杵の石仏」のように、磨崖仏のことを「石仏」と呼ぶことも多く、「石仏」「磨崖仏」の区別はさほど厳密なものではない。