Orange vs Eastern - What's the difference?
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An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus'' such as ''Citrus sinensis .
The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
Orange juice, or orange coloured and flavoured cordial.
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
To color orange.
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To become orange.
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Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,
(of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
(loosely) Oriental.
As adjectives the difference between orange and eastern
is that orange is orangey while eastern is of a region designated as the east by convention or from the perspective of the speaker or author.As a verb orange
is .orange
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(wikipedia orange)Usage notes
* It is commonly believed that “orange” has no rhymes. While there are no commonly used English dictionary words that rhyme exactly with “orange” (“door-hinge” comes close in US pronunciation), the English surname Gorringe is a rhyme, at least in UK pronunciation. SeeNoun
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* (having orange as its colour) nonorangeVerb
(orang)See also
* citrus * clementine * Cointreau * * mandarin * marmalade * murcott * naartjie * ortanique * pomander * satsuma * satsuma mandarin * satsuma tangerine * secondary colour * tangerine * triple sec * zest *Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----eastern
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(en adjective)- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.