gold vs tawny

gold

verb
  • To appear or cause to appear golden. 

noun
  • A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au. 

  • A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold. 

  • The bullseye of an archery target. 

  • A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. 

  • A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. 

  • A gold medal. 

  • Anything or anyone that is very valuable. 

symbol
  • ☉ (alchemy) 

adj
  • In a finished state, ready for manufacturing. 

  • Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies. 

  • Made of gold. 

  • Premium, superior. 

  • Having the colour of gold. 

adv
  • of or referring to a gold version of something 

tawny

verb
  • To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

  • To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn. 

adj
  • Of a light brown to brownish orange colour. 

noun
  • Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”) 

  • In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks. 

  • Tawny owl. 

  • Tawny frogmouth. 

  • The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). 

  • A light brown to brownish orange colour. 

  • Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name). 

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