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Onyx vs Ruby - What's the difference?

onyx | ruby |

As nouns the difference between onyx and ruby

is that onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz while ruby is a clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

As adjectives the difference between onyx and ruby

is that onyx is jet-black while ruby is of a deep red colour.

As a verb ruby is

to make red; to redden.

As a proper noun Ruby is

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onyx

English

(wikipedia onyx)

Noun

  • (mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
  • A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • jet-black
  • * , Genesis, 2:12
    • And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=, title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/7/2 citation
    • , passage=There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky?: a black night and very silent on Cimiez?; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah

    See also

    * sardonyx

    References

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    ruby

    English

    (wikipedia ruby)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rubi, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (rubies)
  • A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, 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) 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.}}
  • (obsolete) A red spinel.
  • A deep red colour.
  • * Shakespeare
    • the natural ruby of your cheeks
  • (typesetting, British) Type having a height of 5.5 points.
  • A (ruby hummer), a South American hummingbird, .
  • A red bird-of-paradise, .
  • (printing) agate (a size of type)
    • Synonyms
    * (typesetting) agate (US)

    See also

    * * carbuncle * corundum * spinel * (Ruby)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a deep red colour.

    • Derived terms

    * balas ruby * Colorado ruby * rubasse * rubicund * rubious * rubric * ruby port * ruby spinel * ruby wedding * ruby-throated hummingbird * star ruby

    Verb

  • (poetic) To make red; to redden.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Related terms

    * corundum

    Etymology 2

    From the British 5.5-point font Ruby , used for annotations in printed documents.

    Noun

    (rubies)
  • A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
    • {, border="1" cellpadding="5" align="center" , +caption , The Japanese ruby characters (furigana'') for ''Tokyo ("") , - ! hiragana ! katakana ! romaji , - , {, border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" , - , style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" , ?? , style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" , ??? , - , style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" , ? , style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" , ? , } , {, border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" , - , style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" , ?? , style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" , ??? , - , style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" , ? , style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" , ? , } , {, border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" , - , - , style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" , t? , style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" , ky? , - , style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" , ? , style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" , ? , } , }
    Synonyms
    * rubi

    See also

    * furigana * yomigana * pinyin * Zhuyin * (Ruby characters)

    Anagrams

    * bury