Taupe vs Mink - What's the difference?
taupe | mink |
Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
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(plural mink ) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.
(plural minks ) An article of clothing made of mink.
As nouns the difference between taupe and mink
is that taupe is a dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin while mink is (plural mink) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.As an adjective taupe
is of a dark brownish-grey colour.taupe
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe , as though a gray curtain had been flung across it;
- In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe,