The difference between Amber and Ambergris
When used as nouns, amber means ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale, whereas ambergris means a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. it is used in perfumes.
Amber is also verb with the meaning: to perfume or flavour with ambergris.
Amber is also adjective with the meaning: of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
check bellow for the other definitions of Amber and Ambergris
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Amber as a noun (obsolete):
Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
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Amber as a noun:
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
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Amber as a noun:
A yellow-orange colour.
Examples:
"color paneFFBF00"
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Amber as a noun (British):
The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
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Amber as a noun (biology, genetics, biochemistry):
The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
Examples:
"an amber codon'', ''an amber mutation'', ''an amber suppressor"
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Amber as an adjective:
Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
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Amber as a verb (transitive, rare):
To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
Examples:
"ambered wine'', ''an ambered room"
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Amber as a verb (transitive, rare):
To preserve in amber.
Examples:
"an ambered fly"
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Amber as a verb (transitive, rare, chiefly, poetic, or, literary):
To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
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Amber as a verb (intransitive, rare, chiefly, poetic, or, literary):
To take on the yellow colour of amber.
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Ambergris as a noun:
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.