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Enamel vs Enamelwork - What's the difference?

enamel | enamelwork |

As nouns the difference between enamel and enamelwork

is that enamel is an opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects while enamelwork is objects decorated with enamel.

As a verb enamel

is to coat or decorate with enamel.

enamel

English

(wikipedia enamel)

Noun

  • An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
  • A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
  • The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
  • Verb

  • To coat or decorate with enamel.
  • To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
  • * Milton
  • Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
  • To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
  • to enamel''' card paper; to '''enamel leather or cloth
  • To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
  • Derived terms

    * enamelware * porcelain enamel * tooth enamel * vitreous enamel

    Anagrams

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    enamelwork

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Objects decorated with enamel