Zuni vs Ruby - What's the difference?
zuni | ruby |
Of or pertaining to the Zuni people or their traditional language.
A certain native American tribe.
The language traditionally spoken by members of this tribe.
A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
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(obsolete) A red spinel.
A deep red colour.
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(typesetting, British) Type having a height of 5.5 points.
A (ruby hummer), a South American hummingbird, .
A red bird-of-paradise, .
(printing) agate (a size of type)
(poetic) To make red; to redden.
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is .As a proper noun ruby is
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(cockney rhyming slang) a curry, short for ruby murray .zuni
English
(wikipedia Zuni)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)Derived terms
*Proper noun
(en proper noun)See also
* (zun) * (Zuni) * (Zuni language) *References
*ruby
English
(wikipedia ruby)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rubi, from (etyl) .Noun
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- the natural ruby of your cheeks
Synonyms
* (typesetting) agate (US)See also
* * carbuncle * corundum * spinel * (Ruby)Derived terms
* balas ruby * Colorado ruby * rubasse * rubicund * rubious * rubric * ruby port * ruby spinel * ruby wedding * ruby-throated hummingbird * star rubyVerb
- (Alexander Pope)