Coral vs Shells - What's the difference?
coral | shells |
(uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
(countable) A colony of marine polyps.
(countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
(historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Made of coral.
Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.
(shell)
As nouns the difference between coral and shells
is that coral is a hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps while shells is plural of lang=en.As an adjective coral
is made of coral.As a proper noun Coral
is {{given name|female|from=English}}.As a verb shells is
third-person singular of shell.coral
English
(wikipedia coral)Noun
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * coralise/coralize * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *See also
* atoll * barrier reef * dactylozooid * fringing reef * gonophore * gorgonian * Great Barrier Reef * madrepore * millepore * sea fan * sea whip *Anagrams
* * ----shells
English
Noun
(head)- She sells sea shells''' by the sea shore, but the '''shells''' she sells aren't sea '''shells , I'm sure.
Verb
(head)- She shells six sea shells.