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Rusty vs Ochre - What's the difference?

rusty | ochre |

As adjectives the difference between rusty and ochre

is that rusty is affected by rust while ochre is having a yellow-orange colour.

As a noun ochre is

an earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.

As a verb ochre is

to cover with ochre.

rusty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Affected by rust.
  • Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
  • *
  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
  • Having red or reddish-brown hair.
  • Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC
  • , title= Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton , passage=Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.}}
  • Discolored and rancid; reasty.
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  • Derived terms

    * rusty nail

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    ochre

    English

    (wikipedia ochre)

    Alternative forms

    * ocher

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide
  • A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour
  • (molecular biology, colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA."
  • Derived terms

    * brown ochre * gold ochre * purple ochre * red ochre * yellow ochre

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a yellow-orange colour.
  • (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
  • Verb

    (ochr)
  • to cover with ochre
  • See also

    * ochrous * kokowai * ruddle *

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