argentine vs hoary

argentine

adj
  • Containing or resembling silver. 

noun
  • A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. 

  • White metal coated with silver. 

  • Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena). 

hoary

adj
  • Of a pale silvery grey. 

  • Old or old-fashioned; trite. 

  • Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs. 

  • White, whitish, or greyish-white. 

  • White or grey with age. 

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