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Teal vs Cerulean - What's the difference?

teal | cerulean |

As nouns the difference between teal and cerulean

is that teal is any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks while cerulean is a greenish-blue color.

As adjectives the difference between teal and cerulean

is that teal is having a bluish-green colour while cerulean is sky-blue.

teal

English

(wikipedia teal)

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
  • A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a bluish-green colour

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    cerulean

    English

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    Noun

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  • A greenish-blue color

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sky-blue.
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II
    • As far to the west as Monica could see, her world was a sea of fog, …?. Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, …, the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.

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