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Garnet vs Maroon - What's the difference?

garnet | maroon |

In nautical terms the difference between maroon and garnet

is that maroon is a rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat while garnet is a tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.

As nouns the difference between maroon and garnet

is that maroon is an escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves while garnet is a hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

As adjectives the difference between maroon and garnet

is that maroon is associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples while garnet is of a dark red colour.

As a verb maroon

is to abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

garnet

English

(wikipedia garnet)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) granate, from (etyl) grenate, from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 127:
    • How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there! and her garnet brooch.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet , lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
  • A dark red.
    • Derived terms
    * demantoid garnet * garnet berry * garnet brown * garnetiferous * garnierite * gooseberry garnet * mandarin garnet * tsavorite garnet * YAG
    See also
    (mineral) * allochroite * almandine * andradite * carbuncle * cinnamon stone * Colorado ruby * demantoid * essonite * grossularite * hessonite * melanite * ouvarovite * pyrope * rhodolite * spessartine * topazolite * tsavorite * uvarovite

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of a dark red colour.
    • See also
    *

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * argent ----

    maroon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Derived from the American-Spanish , meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escaped slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
  • A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

    • Derived terms

    * marooner

    External links

    * A good short account of the "Bush Negroes" in Suriname

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a maroon color

    • See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

    • Etymology 4

    From an intentional mispronunciation of the word (moron) used by the cartoon character .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
  • * 2011 , S. Watts Taylor, Tarnish , iUniverse (2011), ISBN 9781462002023, page 21:
    • At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon !
    Synonyms
    * See also . * See also .

    Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies