Ebony vs Sable - What's the difference?
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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
Made of ebony wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
* 1864 , George Adams Fisher, The Yankee conscript: or, Eighteen months in Dixie
* 1931 , Catherine MacFarlane Carswell, The life of Robert Burns
* 2004', "Alyssa", '''''Ebony Girls Need Attention'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.escorts )
A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina , from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur ().
The marten, especially .
The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
*1928 , (Virginia Woolf),
*:Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables .
An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable ().
(lb) A black colour on a coat of arms.
A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
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Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
*(rfdate) Young
*:Sables wove by destiny.
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*:a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables , radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Of the black colour sable.
* (rfdate) Young
* 2002 , , chapter 3
(tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
Made of sable fur.
Dark, somber.
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As nouns the difference between ebony and sable
is that ebony is a hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros while sable is a small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).As adjectives the difference between ebony and sable
is that ebony is made of ebony wood while sable is of the black colour sable.As a proper noun Ebony
is {{given name|female|from=English}}.ebony
English
(wikipedia ebony)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* Ceylon ebony * India ebony * Jamaican ebony * West Indian ebonyAdjective
(en adjective)ebony colour:
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 *Anagrams
*sable
English
Alternative forms
* (in heraldic contexts)Noun
Derived terms
* sable antelope * sablefish * sable iron * sable mouseAdjective
(en adjective)- Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
- They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.