Taupe vs Toupe - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between taupe and toupe

is that taupe is a dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin while toupe is a hairpiece to cover partial baldness.

is of a dark brownish-grey colour.

(en noun)

A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

(en adjective)

Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

* 1915 , , November,

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;

* 1952 , , February, pp. 42-52,

In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe,

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* toupee * * toupet

(en noun)

A hairpiece to cover partial baldness.