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Ecru vs Ivory - What's the difference?

ecru | ivory |

As adjectives the difference between ecru and ivory

is that ecru is while ivory is made of ivory.

As a noun ivory is

(uncountable) the hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

ecru

English

(wikipedia ecru)

Alternative forms

*

Noun

(-)
  • A beige colour.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a beige colour.
  • * 2005 , Binnie Kirshenbaum, An Almost Perfect Moment
  • Miriam fell in love with a tulle-and-lace gown, but Judy returned to the first one they'd looked at, an ecru satin bridal gown...

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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    ivory

    English

    (wikipedia ivory)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
  • A creamy white colour, the colour of ivory.
  • Something made from or resembling ivory.
  • (collective singular or in plural) The teeth.
  • (collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
  • (slang) A white person.
  • See also

    * Galalith

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of ivory.
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  • Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
  • Derived terms

    * ivory tower * ivory black * Ivory Coast * ivory gull * ivory nut * ivory palm * ivory-billed woodpecker * ivory-nut palm * ivory shell * ivory-white * vegetable ivory

    See also

    * odontolite * scrimshaw * whalebone *