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Durous vs Aurous - What's the difference?

durous | aurous |

As adjectives the difference between durous and aurous

is that durous is (rare|obsolete) hard while aurous is relating to gold.

durous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (rare, obsolete) hard
    • (Webster 1913)

    aurous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to gold.
  • Containing gold.
  • (inorganic chemistry) Containing univalent gold.

    • Derived terms

    * aurous iodide * aurous oxide * sodioaurous

    See also

    * auric