The difference between Green and Yellow

When used as nouns, green means the colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll, whereas yellow means the colour of gold, butter, or a lemon.

When used as verbs, green means to make (something) green, to turn (something) green, whereas yellow means to become yellow or more yellow.

When used as adjectives, green means having green as its color, whereas yellow means having yellow as its colour.

check bellow for the other definitions of Green and Yellow

  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:

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  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.

  1. Yellow as an adjective:

    Having yellow as its colour.

  2. Yellow as an adjective (informal):

    Lacking courage.

  3. Yellow as an adjective (publishing, journalism):

    Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.

  4. Yellow as an adjective (chiefly, derogatory, offensive):

    Far East Asian .

  5. Yellow as an adjective (dated, Australia, offensive):

    Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.

  6. Yellow as an adjective (dated, US):

    High yellow.

  7. Yellow as an adjective (UK, politics):

    Related to the Liberal Democrats.

    Examples:

    "yellow constituencies"

  8. Yellow as an adjective (politics):

    Related to the of Germany.

    Examples:

    "the black-yellow coalition"

  1. Yellow as a noun:

    The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.

  2. Yellow as a noun (US):

    The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

  3. Yellow as a noun (snooker):

    One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

  4. Yellow as a noun (pocket billiards):

    One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

  5. Yellow as a noun (sports):

    A yellow card.

  1. Yellow as a verb (intransitive):

    To become yellow or more yellow.

  2. Yellow as a verb (transitive):

    To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

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