Porcelain vs. Enamel

Porcelain and Enamel Definitions
Porcelain
A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.
Enamel
A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.
Porcelain
An object made of this substance.
Enamel
An object having such a coating, as in a piece of cloisonné.
Porcelain
A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
Tableware and toilets are both made of porcelain.
Enamel
A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish
Nail enamel.
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Porcelain
Syn of china: porcelain tableware.
He set the table with our porcelain and stemware.
Enamel
A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish.
Porcelain
Syn of kaolin: the kind of clay traditionally used in China to manufacture porcelain.
Enamel
(Anatomy) The hard, calcareous substance covering the exposed portion of a tooth.
Porcelain
An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.
The museum has an extensive collection of rare Chinese porcelains.
Enamel
To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.
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Porcelain
Syn of cowrie.
Enamel
To give a glossy or brilliant surface to.
Porcelain
Syn of wampum: strings of shells, beads, etc. used as ornamentation or currency; the composite shells, beads, etc.
Enamel
To adorn with a brightly colored surface.
Porcelain
A kind of pigeon with deep brown and off-white feathers.
Enamel
An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
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Porcelain
Purslain.
Enamel
A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish.
Porcelain
A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; - called also China, or China ware.
Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break.
Enamel
The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.
Porcelain
Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
Enamel
A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
Enamel
(transitive) To coat or decorate with enamel.
Enamel
(transitive) To variegate with colours, as if with enamel.
Enamel
(transitive) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon.
To enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
Enamel
(transitive) To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
Enamel
A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
Enamel
A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
Enamel
That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
Enamel
The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement.
Enamel
Any one of various preparations for giving a smooth, glossy surface like that of enamel.
Enamel
A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion.
Enamel
To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
Enamel
To variegate with colors as if with enamel.
Oft he [the serpent]bowedHis turret crest and sleek enameled neck.
Enamel
To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
Enamel
To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
Enamel
To practice the art of enameling.
Enamel
Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.
Enamel
Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth
Enamel
A colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection
Enamel
A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish
Enamel
Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze
Enamel
Coat, inlay, or surface with enamel