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

  1. Amber as a noun (obsolete):

    Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

  2. 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.

  3. Amber as a noun:

    A yellow-orange colour.

    Examples:

    "color paneFFBF00"

  4. 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.

  5. 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"

  1. Amber as an adjective:

    Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

  1. Amber as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

    Examples:

    "ambered wine'', ''an ambered room"

  2. Amber as a verb (transitive, rare):

    To preserve in amber.

    Examples:

    "an ambered fly"

  3. Amber as a verb (transitive, rare, chiefly, poetic, or, literary):

    To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

  4. Amber as a verb (intransitive, rare, chiefly, poetic, or, literary):

    To take on the yellow colour of amber.

  1. 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.

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