Amethyst vs Silicone - What's the difference?
amethyst | silicone |
A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
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(uncountable) A purple colour.
(tincture) The purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts
As nouns the difference between amethyst and silicone
is that amethyst is a transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone while silicone is any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.As an adjective amethyst
is having a colour similar to that of the gemstone.amethyst
English
(wikipedia amethyst)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst , chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
