The difference between Amber and Green

When used as nouns, amber means ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale, whereas green means the colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll.

When used as verbs, amber means to perfume or flavour with ambergris, whereas green means to make (something) green, to turn (something) green.

When used as adjectives, amber means of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber, whereas green means having green as its color.


check bellow for the other definitions of Amber and Green

  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. Green as an adjective:

    Having green as its color.

    Examples:

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  2. Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):

    Sickly, unwell.

    Examples:

    "Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?"

  3. Green as an adjective:

    Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

  4. Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):

    Inexperienced.

    Examples:

    "John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week."

  5. Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):

    Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.

  6. Green as an adjective (figurative, of people):

    Overcome with envy.

    Examples:

    "He was green with envy."

  7. Green as an adjective (figurative):

    Environmentally friendly.

  8. Green as an adjective (cricket):

    Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

  9. Green as an adjective (dated):

    Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

  10. Green as an adjective (dated):

    Not fully roasted; half raw.

  11. Green as an adjective:

    Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.

    Examples:

    "That timber is still too green to be used."

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  12. Green as an adjective (wine):

    High or too high in acidity.

  13. Green as an adjective:

    Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.

    Examples:

    "a green manhood; a green wound"

  14. Green as an adjective (Philippines):

    Having a sexual connotation.

  15. Green as an adjective (particle physics):

    Having a color charge of green.

  1. Green as a noun:

    The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.

    Examples:

    "color pane008000"

  2. Green as a noun (politics, sometimes capitalised):

    A member of a green party; an environmentalist.

  3. Green as a noun (golf):

    A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.

  4. Green as a noun (bowls):

    The surface upon which bowls is played.

  5. Green as a noun (snooker):

    One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.

  6. Green as a noun (British):

    a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.

  7. Green as a noun:

    A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.

  8. Green as a noun (mostly, in plural):

    Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.

  9. Green as a noun:

    Any substance or pigment of a green colour.

  10. Green as a noun (British, slang, uncountable):

    marijuana.

  11. Green as a noun (US, slang, uncountable):

    Money.

  12. Green as a noun (particle physics):

    One of the three color charges for quarks.

  1. Green as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.

  2. Green as a verb:

    To become or grow green in colour.

    Examples:

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  3. Green as a verb (transitive):

    To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

  4. Green as a verb (intransitive):

    To become environmentally aware.

  5. Green as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) environmentally friendly.