Ask Difference

Amber vs. Gold — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Amber and Gold

ADVERTISEMENT

Definitions

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In a pure form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.

Amber

Hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity.

Gold

A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.
Gold earrings

Amber

A hard, translucent, usually brownish-yellow fossil resin, used for making jewelry and other ornamental objects.
ADVERTISEMENT

Gold

A deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour
Her eyes were light green and flecked with gold

Amber

A brownish yellow.

Gold

Coins or other articles made of gold
Her ankles and wrists were glinting with gold

Amber

Having the color of amber; brownish-yellow.

Gold

The bullseye of an archery target.
ADVERTISEMENT

Amber

Made of or resembling amber
An amber necklace.

Gold

Symbol Au A soft, yellow, corrosion-resistant element, the most malleable and ductile metal, occurring in veins and alluvial deposits and recovered by mining, panning, or sluicing. A good thermal and electrical conductor, gold is generally alloyed to increase its strength, and it is used as a common monetary standard, in jewelry, for decoration, and as a plated coating on a wide variety of electrical and mechanical components. Atomic number 79; atomic weight 196.967; melting point 1,064.2°C; boiling point 2,856.0°C; specific gravity 19.3; valence 1, 3. See Periodic Table.

Amber

(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Gold

Coinage made of this element.

Amber

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

Gold

A gold standard.

Amber

A yellow-orange colour.

Gold

Money; riches.

Amber

(British) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection when safe to do so.

Gold

A light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow.

Amber

The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
An amber codon, an amber mutation, an amber suppressor

Gold

Something regarded as having great value or goodness
A heart of gold.

Amber

(uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.

Gold

A medal made of gold awarded to one placing first in a competition, as in the Olympics
Won 9 golds in 13 events.

Amber

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

Gold

Having the color of gold.

Amber

To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
Ambered wine, an ambered room

Gold

(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.

Amber

To preserve in amber.
An ambered fly

Gold

A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
The pirates were searching for gold.

Amber

To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

Gold

(uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

Amber

To take on the yellow colour of amber.

Gold

(countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.

Amber

A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

Gold

(countable) A gold medal.
France has won three golds and five silvers.

Amber

Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.

Gold

(figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!

Amber

Ambergris.
You that smell of amber at my charge.

Gold

A grill jewellery worn on front teeth made of gold.

Amber

The balsam, liquidambar.

Gold

Made of gold.
A gold chain

Amber

Consisting of amber; made of amber.

Gold

Having gold of gold.
Gold sticker
Gold socks

Amber

Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

Gold

(of commercial services) Premium, superior.

Amber

To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

Gold

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

Amber

To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

Gold

In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Amber

A deep yellow color;
An amber light illuminated the room
He admired the gold of her hair

Gold

To appear or cause to appear golden.

Amber

A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

Gold

Of or referring to a gold version of something

Amber

A medium to dark brownish yellow color

Gold

An old English name of some yellow flower, - the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

Gold

A metallic element of atomic number 79, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point 1064.4° C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.

Gold

Money; riches; wealth.
For me, the gold of France did not seduce.

Gold

A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

Gold

Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.

Gold

Coins made of gold

Gold

A deep yellow color;
An amber light illuminated the room
He admired the gold of her hair

Gold

A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

Gold

Great wealth;
Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold

Gold

Something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.;
The child was as good as gold
She has a heart of gold

Gold

Made from or covered with gold;
Gold coins
The gold dome of the Capitol
The golden calf
Gilded icons

Gold

Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;
Long aureate (or golden) hair
A gold carpet

Popular Comparisons

Featured Comparisons

Trending Comparisons

New Phrases