Green vs. Nongreen
Difference Between Green and Nongreen
Greenadjective
Having green as its color.
Nongreenadjective
Not green.
Greenadjective
Sickly, unwell.
Sally looks pretty green — is she going to be sick?Greenadjective
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
Greenadjective
Inexperienced.
John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.Greenadjective
Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
Greenadjective
Overcome with envy.
He was green with envy.Greenadjective
(figurative) Environmentally friendly.
Greenadjective
(cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
Greenadjective
(dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
Greenadjective
(dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
Greenadjective
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
That timber is still too green to be used.Greenadjective
(wine) High or too high in acidity.
Greenadjective
Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
a green manhood;a green woundGreenadjective
(Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
Greenadjective
(particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
Greennoun
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.
Greennoun
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
Greennoun
(golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
Greennoun
(bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
Greennoun
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
Greennoun
(British) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
Greennoun
A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
Greennoun
Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
Greennoun
Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
Greennoun
marijuana.
Greennoun
Money.
Greennoun
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
Greenverb
(transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
Greenverb
To become or grow green in colour.
Greenverb
(transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
Greenverb
(intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
Greenverb
(transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
Greennoun
the property of being green; resembling the color of growing grass
Greennoun
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
they went for a walk in the parkGreennoun
United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
Greennoun
an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
Greennoun
a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
Greennoun
an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course;
the ball rolled across the green and into the trapGreennoun
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Greennoun
street names for ketamine
Greenverb
turn or become green;
The trees are greeningGreenadjective
similar to the color of fresh grass;
a green treegreen fieldsgreen paintGreenadjective
concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
Greenadjective
not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
unripe fruitfried green tomatoesgreen woodGreenadjective
looking pale and unhealthy;
you're looking greengreen around the gillsGreenadjective
naive and easily deceived or tricked;
at that early age she had been gullible and in love
