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Ebony vs Humor - What's the difference?

ebony | humor |

As nouns the difference between ebony and humor

is that ebony is a hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros while humor is an alternative spelling of from=US|lang=en.

As an adjective ebony

is made of ebony wood.

As a proper noun Ebony

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

As a verb humor is

an alternative spelling of from=US|lang=en.

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

    Related terms

    * ebon * Ebonics * ebonise * ebonite

    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 *

    Anagrams

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    humor

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
    • For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour , when pressed, that portended danger.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

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