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Taupe vs Mink - What's the difference?

taupe | mink |

As nouns the difference between taupe and mink

is that taupe is a dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin while mink is (plural mink) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.

As an adjective taupe

is of a dark brownish-grey colour.

taupe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
  • * 1915 , , November,
  • At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe , as though a gray curtain had been flung across it;
  • * 1952 , , February, pp. 42-52,
  • In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe,

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    mink

    English

    (wikipedia mink)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (plural mink ) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.
  • (plural minks ) An article of clothing made of mink.
  • Hyponyms

    * (mammal) American mink, Neovison vison''; European mink, ''Mustela lutreola

    Derived terms

    * fuck like a mink * mink coat

    See also

    * polecat ----