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Tooth vs Ivory - What's the difference?

tooth | ivory |

As nouns the difference between tooth and ivory

is that tooth is a hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating while ivory is (uncountable) the hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

As a verb tooth

is to provide or furnish with teeth.

As an adjective ivory is

made of ivory.

tooth

English

(wikipedia tooth)

Noun

(teeth)
  • A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  • A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
  • A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
  • (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
  • (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allow better adhesion of artwork.
  • (figurative) taste; palate
    • I have a sweet tooth : I love sugary treats.
  • * Dryden
    • These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth .

    Hyponyms

    * (structure in the mouth) bicuspid, canine, cuspid, incisor, premolar, molar * See also

    Derived terms

    * back tooth * clean as a hound's tooth * eyetooth * fight tooth and nail * long in the tooth * milk tooth * sweet tooth * teethe verb * toothache * tooth and nail * toothbrush * tooth fairy * toothless * toothpaste * toothpick * toothsome * toothlike * toothly * toothy * wisdom tooth

    See also

    (see also) * bicuspid * canine * cuspid * dental * dentist * denture * fang * incisor * molar * orling * premolar * prong * tine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide or furnish with teeth.
  • * (rfdate) (William Wordsworth)
    • The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
  • To indent; to jag.
    • to tooth a saw
  • To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
    • (Moxon)

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words English nouns with irregular plurals

    ivory

    English

    (wikipedia ivory)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
  • A creamy white colour, the colour of ivory.
  • Something made from or resembling ivory.
  • (collective singular or in plural) The teeth.
  • (collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
  • (slang) A white person.

    • See also

    * Galalith

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of ivory.
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  • Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

    • Derived terms

    * ivory tower * ivory black * Ivory Coast * ivory gull * ivory nut * ivory palm * ivory-billed woodpecker * ivory-nut palm * ivory shell * ivory-white * vegetable ivory

    Related terms

    * chryselephantine * eburnation

    See also

    * odontolite * scrimshaw * whalebone *