Hunter vs Emerald - What's the difference?
hunter | emerald |
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
A dog used in hunting.
A horse used in hunting, especially a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 480:
One who hunts or seeks after anything.
* Tennyson
A kind of spider, the huntsman or hunting spider.
A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
Of a rich green colour.
* Byron
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=Lee A. Groat
, title=Gemstones
, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
Emerald green, a colour.
(dated, UK, printing) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpareil.
As nouns the difference between hunter and emerald
is that hunter is one who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman while emerald is any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.As proper nouns the difference between hunter and emerald
is that hunter is {{surname|A=An|occupational|from=occupations}} for a hunter while Emerald is a town in Queensland, Australia.As an adjective emerald is
of a rich green colour.hunter
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Shakespeare)
- Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.
- The hunter becomes the hunted.
- a fortune hunter
- No keener hunter after glory breathes.
Derived terms
* fortune hunter * white hunterSee also
* ("hunter" on Wikipedia) ----emerald
English
(wikipedia emerald)Adjective
(en adjective)- The insect-queen of eastern spring, / O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer / Invites the young pursuer near, / And leads him on from flower to flower / A weary chase and wasted hour.
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}