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Chocolate vs Umber - What's the difference?

chocolate | umber |

As adjectives the difference between chocolate and umber

is that chocolate is chocolate (attributive) while umber is of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

As a verb chocolate

is .

As a noun umber is

a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

chocolate

Noun

  • (uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans
  • Chocolate is a very popular treat.
  • (uncountable) A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk
  • (countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate
  • He bought her some chocolates as a gift.
  • (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate
  • As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate .

    Derived terms

    * bar of chocolate * choc * choccy * chocoholic * chocolate-box * chocolate chip * chocolate leather * chocolate phosphate * chocolate plastic * chocolate tree * chocolatey, chocolaty * compound chocolate * dark chocolate * hot chocolate * milk chocolate * modeling chocolate, modelling chocolate * plain chocolate * white chocolate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of or containing chocolate.
  • Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.
  • See also

    * black bottom pie * Black Forest gateau * brownie * cacao * carob * cocoa bean * cocoa butter * * devil's food cake * ganache * lamington * marquise * mocha * mochaccino * mole * Nanaimo bar * praline * sacher torte * tollhouse cookie * truffle *

    References

    * * 2000 , Karen Dakin, Søren Wichmann, ‘Cacao and Chocolate: An Uto-Aztec perspective’, Ancient Mesoamerica , vol. 11, pages 55–75. * 1983 , Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (University of Texas Press), page 54.

    umber

    English

    (wikipedia umber)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
  • A grayling.
  • A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta ) allied to the storks and herons.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
  • * J. R. Drake
  • Their harps are of the umber shade / That hides the blush of waking day.

    Derived terms

    * *

    See also

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