jade vs jasper

jade

noun
  • A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones. 

  • A bad-tempered or disreputable woman. 

  • A succulent plant, Crassula ovata. 

  • A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines. 

  • A horse too old to be put to work. 

verb
  • To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something). 

adj
  • Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones. 

jasper

noun
  • An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface. 

  • A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple. 

  • Jasperware pottery. 

  • A wasp. 

verb
  • To decorate with, or as if with, jasper. 

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