Brown vs. Ebony

Brown and Ebony Definitions
Brown
Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.
Ebony
Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros.
Brown
Of the color brown.
Ebony
The wood of such a tree, especially the hard black heartwood of D. ebenum or certain other species, used in cabinetwork and inlaying and for piano keys.
Brown
Having a brownish or dark skin color.
Ebony
The hard dark wood of various other trees.
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Brown
Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.
Ebony
The color black; ebon.
Brown
Deeply suntanned.
Ebony
Made of or suggesting ebony.
Brown
To make or become brown.
Ebony
Black in color.
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Brown
To cook until brown.
Ebony
(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
Brown
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
Ebony
(countable) A tree that yields such wood.
Brown
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
Ebony
A deep, dark black colour.
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Brown
(uncountable) Black tar heroin.
Ebony
A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.
Brown
A copper coin.
Ebony
Made of ebony wood.
Brown
A brown horse or other animal.
Ebony
A deep, dark black colour.
Brown
A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
Ebony
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
Brown
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
Ebony
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
Brown
(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
Ebony
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.
This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling.
Brown
(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
Ebony
A very dark black
Brown
A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
Ebony
Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
Brown
Having a brown colour.
Ebony
Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Brown
(obsolete) Gloomy.
Ebony
Very dark black
Brown
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Brown
(US) Latino
Brown
(of Asians) South Asian
Brown
(of East Asians) Southeast Asian
Brown
(intransitive) To become brown.
Fry the onions until they brown.
Brown
To cook something until it becomes brown.
Brown
To tan.
Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
Brown
(transitive) To make brown or dusky.
Brown
(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
Brown
To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
The browning of America
Brown
Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
Cheeks brown as the oak leaves.
Brown
A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
Brown
To make brown or dusky.
A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
Brown
To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
Brown
To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
Brown
To become brown.
Brown
An orange of low brightness and saturation
Brown
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
Brown
Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
Brown
A university in Rhode Island
Brown
Fry in a pan until it changes color;
Brown the meat in the pan
Brown
Of a color similar to that of wood or earth