Atlantic vs Turquoise - What's the difference?
atlantic | turquoise |
A branch of the Niger-Congo languages spoken along the Atlantic coast in West Africa.
Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles or the eastern seaboard of the USA.
Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
Pertaining to the Atlantic language family.
Descended from the legendary Atlas.
* Milton
A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=Lee A. Groat
, title=Gemstones
, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1
As adjectives the difference between atlantic and turquoise
is that atlantic is pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean while turquoise is made of turquoise (the gemstone).As a proper noun Atlantic
is the Atlantic Ocean.As a noun turquoise is
a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.atlantic
English
(wikipedia Atlantic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) Atlanticus.Etymology 2
Derived from the above meaning.Proper noun
(en proper noun)Adjective
(-)- The seven Atlantic sisters.
Anagrams
*turquoise
English
(wikipedia turquoise)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.)}}
citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise .}}