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Treasure vs Gem - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between treasure and gem

is that treasure is to store or stow in a safe place while gem is to adorn with, or as if with, gems.

As nouns the difference between treasure and gem

is that treasure is a collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc while gem is a precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

As verbs the difference between treasure and gem

is that treasure is to consider to be precious while gem is to adorn with, or as if with, gems.

As a proper noun Gem is

a native or resident of the American state of Idaho.

treasure

English

Alternative forms

* treasuer (chiefly archaic)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island) Chapter 20
    • "Now," resumed Silver, "here it is. You give us the chart to get the treasure' by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep. You do that, and we'll offer you a choice. Either you come aboard along of us, once the ' treasure shipped, and then I'll give you my affy-davy, upon my word of honour, to clap you somewhere safe ashore.
  • (countable) Anything greatly valued.
  • * Bible, Exodus xix. 5
    • Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
  • * 1681 , (Nahum Tate), (The History of King Lear)
    • I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure .
  • * 1946 , (Ernest Tubb), Filipino Baby
    • She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
    Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
  • (countable)
  • * 1922 , (Francis Rufus Bellamy), A Flash of Gold
    • "Hello, Treasure ," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.

    Related terms

    * treasury

    Verb

    (treasur)
  • (of a person or thing) To consider to be precious.
    • Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
  • * 19th century , (Eliza Cook),
    • I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
    To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
    I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
    I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
  • To store or stow in a safe place.
  • * 1825 , (Walter Scott),
    • The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.

    Derived terms

    * buried treasure * intreasure * national treasure * treasure chest * treasure flower * treasure house * treasure hunt * treasure map * treasure ship * treasure trove * treasurable * treasurer * treasuress * treasureless * treasurelike * treasury * untreasure

    Anagrams

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    gem

    English

    (gemstone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
    • (Milton)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine= citation , passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems , among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
  • (figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person
    • She's an absolute gem .
  • Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
    • a gem of wit
  • (obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud
  • * Denham
    • From the joints of thy prolific stem / A swelling knot is raised called a gem .
  • a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
  • (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.

    • Synonyms

    * (precious stone) gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also

    Verb

  • To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1827, author=Various, title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven
  • * {{quote-book, year=1872, author=J. Fenimore Cooper, title=The Bravo, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Above was the firmament, gemmed with worlds, and sublime in immensity. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1920, author=John Freeman, title=Poems New and Old, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The rain Shook from fruit bushes in new showers again As I brushed past, and gemmed the window pane. }}

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