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Metallic vs Claret - What's the difference?

metallic | claret |

As nouns the difference between metallic and claret

is that metallic is a color while claret is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As an adjective metallic

is made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.

metallic

English

Alternative forms

* metallick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.

    • Derived terms

    * intermetallic * metallically * metallicity

    Related terms

    * metal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A color
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    claret

    English

    (wikipedia claret)

    Noun

  • (chiefly, British) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
  • A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.
  • (colloquial) bloodhttp://thesaurus.com/browse/claret. Often used in a sporting context eg 'He spilt some claret'.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02-14/phil-waugh-spills-some-claret/306330

    • Synonyms

    * traditional dry red (Australia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

    • Derived terms

    * claret cup * claret-coloured

    See also

    *

    References

    * Paper from the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia on generic wine terminology * Oxford Companion to Wine – Claret

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