Porcelain vs Ivory - What's the difference?
porcelain | ivory |
(usually, uncountable) A hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china.
(usually, countable) Anything manufactured from this material..
(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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, title= Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
As nouns the difference between porcelain and ivory
is that porcelain is a hard, white, translucent ceramic that is made by firing kaolin and other materials; china while ivory is the hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.As an adjective ivory is
made of ivory.porcelain
English
Noun
(wikipedia porcelain)Derived terms
* ivory porcelain * porcelain clay * porcelain crab * porcelain jasper * porcelain printing * porcelain shell * porcelaneousReferences
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]ivory
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(wikipedia ivory)Noun
See also
* GalalithAdjective
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