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Ebony vs Gray - What's the difference?

ebony | gray |

As nouns the difference between ebony and gray

is that ebony is a hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros while gray is an achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.

As adjectives the difference between ebony and gray

is that ebony is made of ebony wood while gray is having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.

As proper nouns the difference between ebony and gray

is that ebony is {{given name|female|from=English}} while Gray is {{surname|from=nicknames}}; originally a nickname for someone with a gray beard or hair.

As a verb gray is

to become gray.

ebony

English

(wikipedia ebony)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros .
  • A tree that yields such wood.
  • A deep, dark black colour.
  • (slang) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument
  • Derived terms

    * Ceylon ebony * India ebony * Jamaican ebony * West Indian ebony

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of ebony wood.
  • A deep, dark black colour.
  • ebony colour:   
  • Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
  • * 1864 , George Adams Fisher, The Yankee conscript: or, Eighteen months in Dixie
  • He called the ebony mistress of the establishment to him, and speaking to her kindly and winningly, as any dutiful husband should, told her to make the change, which she did.
  • * 1931 , Catherine MacFarlane Carswell, The life of Robert Burns
  • No attempt was made in her new home to discontinue or even to conceal the presence of an ebony mistress and a thriving family of little mulattoes...
  • * 2004', "Alyssa", '''''Ebony Girls Need Attention'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.escorts )
  • Want to watch my gorgeous ebony friend, Almond Joy, naked and online 24/7? She recently ended a long-term relationship and is now fully enjoying being a 25 year-old single gal in Beverly Hills.

    See also

    * calamander * cocuswood * tendu *

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    gray

    English

    Alternative forms

    * grey (used in the UK and the Commonwealth and also in the US)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ).

    Adjective

    (er) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
  • (label) Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
  • * Isaac Newton
  • (label) Dreary, gloomy.
  • *
  • (label) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  • (label) Relating to older people.
  • * Ames
  • Usage notes
    A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: gre'''y'' is the '''E'''nglish spelling, while ''gr'''a'''y'' is the '''A merican spelling. However, ''grey is also found in American English.
    Derived terms
    {{der3, battleship gray , gray area , graybeard , gray-haired , grayhound , grayness , gray ghost , gray matter}}

    Verb

    (en-verb) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
  • (label) To become gray.
  • (label) To cause to become gray.
  • To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
  • Noun

  • (en noun) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
  • (label) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
  • an extraterrestrial creature with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
  • A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language , second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243
  • See also

    *

    References

    Etymology 2

    Named after (Louis Harold Gray).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
  • Derived terms
    * kilogray
    See also
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