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Aqua vs Cerulean - What's the difference?

aqua | cerulean |

As nouns the difference between aqua and cerulean

is that aqua is the compound water while cerulean is a greenish-blue color.

As adjectives the difference between aqua and cerulean

is that aqua is of a greenish-blue colour while cerulean is sky-blue.

aqua

English

Noun

  • (inorganic compound) The compound water.
  • A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 27, author=Patricia Cohen, title=Employing Art Along With Ambassadors, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica. }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a greenish-blue colour.

    • Synonyms

    * (colour) aquamarine * (water) see

    Derived terms

    * aquabib * aquabis * aquabob * aquacade * aquacise * aquacrop * aquaculture * aquaculturist * aquadynamic * aquaerobics * aqualung * aquamarine * aquanaut * aquapasto * aquaphobia * aquaplane * aqueous * aquiculture * aquifer * aquitard * subaqua

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    cerulean

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (-)
  • A greenish-blue color

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sky-blue.
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II
    • As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, …?. Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, …, the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.

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