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Enamel vs Amel - What's the difference?

enamel | amel |

As nouns the difference between enamel and amel

is that enamel is an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects while amel is (obsolete) enamel.

As verbs the difference between enamel and amel

is that enamel is to coat or decorate with enamel while amel is (obsolete) to enamel.

enamel

English

(wikipedia enamel)

Noun

  • An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
  • A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
  • The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
  • Verb

  • To coat or decorate with enamel.
  • To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
  • * Milton
  • Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
  • To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
  • to enamel''' card paper; to '''enamel leather or cloth
  • To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
  • Derived terms

    * enamelware * porcelain enamel * tooth enamel * vitreous enamel

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    amel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) amell, from (etyl) esmail.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) enamel
  • (Boyle)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To enamel
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