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Sable vs Ebon - What's the difference?

sable | ebon |

As adjectives the difference between sable and ebon

is that sable is sandy while ebon is (poetic) made of ebony.

As nouns the difference between sable and ebon

is that sable is , shortbread while ebon is (now poetic) ebony; an ebony tree.

As a verb sable

is .

sable

English

Alternative forms

* (in heraldic contexts)

Noun

  • A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina , from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur ().
  • The marten, especially .
  • The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
  • *1928 , (Virginia Woolf),
  • *:Lovers dallied upon divans spread with sables .
  • An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable ().
  • (lb) A black colour on a coat of arms.
  • A black colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
  • :
  • Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
  • *(rfdate) Young
  • *:Sables wove by destiny.
  • *
  • *:a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables , radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil!  You!   Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

    • Derived terms

    * sable antelope * sablefish * sable iron * sable mouse

    Related terms

    * zibeline

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the black colour sable.
  • * (rfdate) Young
    • Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
  • * 2002 , , chapter 3
    • They wound between the wagons to a tent removed from the rest of the traders'. It was crimson at the top and sable at the bottom, with thin triangles of colors stabbing into each other.
  • (tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.
  • Made of sable fur.
  • Dark, somber.
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    • See also

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    References

    * Random House Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1987.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    ebon

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hebene (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (poetic) Made of ebony.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.5:
  • *:“A stranger knight,” sayd he, “unknowne by name, / But knowne by fame, and by an Hebene speare […].”
  • * 1745 , (Edward Young), Night-Thoughts , I:
    • Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world.
  • (poetic) Black in colour.

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