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Terracotta vs Pottery - What's the difference?

terracotta | pottery |

As nouns the difference between terracotta and pottery

is that terracotta is a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction while pottery is fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

As adjectives the difference between terracotta and pottery

is that terracotta is of the colour of terracotta while pottery is having to do with pottery.

terracotta

English

Alternative forms

* terra cotta

Noun

(terra cotta) (en-noun)
  • a hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction

    • Related terms

    * terra * terrace * terrain * terrene * terrier * territorial * territory * terrestrial

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the colour of .
  • * 1892 June 18, F. W. B., Why Paint a Greenhouse White?'', in ''The Garden , volume 41, page 569:
    • A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}} ----

    pottery

    English

    ("pottery" on Wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
    • The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
  • (countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made
    • I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
  • The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay
    • was skilled at pottery .

    Related terms

    * potter * potter's clay * potter's field * potter's wheel

    Synonyms

    * ceramic * ceramics * earthenware

    Hyponyms

    * porcelain, china

    See also

    * stoneware * terracotta

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having to do with pottery.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}