Brown vs. Ebony

Brown vs. Ebony — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Brown and Ebony

Brownnoun

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

Ebonynoun

(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

Brownnoun

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Ebonynoun

(countable) A tree that yields such wood.

Brownnoun

(uncountable) Black tar heroin.

Ebonynoun

A deep, dark black colour.

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Brownnoun

A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

Ebonynoun

A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument

Brownadjective

Having a brown colour.

Ebonyadjective

Made of ebony wood.

Brownadjective

(obsolete) Gloomy.

Ebonyadjective

A deep, dark black colour.

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Brownadjective

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

Ebonyadjective

Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

Brownverb

(intransitive) To become brown.

Fry the onions until they brown.

Ebonynoun

a very dark black

Brownverb

To cook something until it becomes brown.

Brown the onions in a large frying pan.

Ebonynoun

hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

Brownverb

To tan.

Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.

Ebonynoun

tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

Brownverb

(transitive) To make brown or dusky.

Ebonyadjective

very dark black

Brownverb

(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

Brownverb

To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

the browning of America

Brownnoun

an orange of low brightness and saturation

Brownnoun

Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

Brownnoun

abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)

Brownnoun

a university in Rhode Island

Brownverb

fry in a pan until it changes color;

brown the meat in the pan

Brownadjective

of a color similar to that of wood or earth