Ivory vs Tusks - What's the difference?
ivory | tusks |
(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.
Made of ivory.
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As nouns the difference between ivory and tusks
is that ivory is the hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals while tusks is plural of tusk.As an adjective ivory
is made of ivory.ivory
English
(wikipedia ivory)Noun
See also
* GalalithAdjective
(-)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}