Aqua vs Azure - What's the difference?
aqua | azure |
(inorganic compound) The compound water.
A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
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(tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
* 1997 , Brault, Early Blazon :
The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
* Wordsworth
(poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
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Lapis lazuli.
Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
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(tincture) In blazon, of the colour blue.
To colour blue.
As adjectives the difference between aqua and azure
is that aqua is of a greenish-blue colour while azure is azure (blue in colour).As a noun aqua
is (inorganic compound) the compound water.As a verb azure is
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Synonyms
* (colour) aquamarine * (water) seeDerived terms
* aquabib * aquabis * aquabob * aquacade * aquacise * aquacrop * aquaculture * aquaculturist * aquadynamic * aquaerobics * aqualung * aquamarine * aquanaut * aquapasto * aquaphobia * aquaplane * aqueous * aquiculture * aquifer * aquitard * subaquaSee also
* ----azure
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(wikipedia azure)Noun
- In Bb'' [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter ''B is used to indicate azure in most items.
- In robes of azure .
- Not like those steps / On heaven's azure .
Alternative forms
* (blue color on a coat of arms)Derived terms
* azurely * azureness * azurite * azurityAdjective
(-)- When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.