Green vs. Yellow
Greenadjective
Having green as its color.
Greenadjective
Sickly, unwell.
Greenadjective
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
Greenadjective
Inexperienced.
Greenadjective
Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
Greenadjective
Overcome with envy.
Greenadjective
(figurative) Environmentally friendly.
Greenadjective
(cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.
Greenadjective
(dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
Greenadjective
(dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
Greenadjective
Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.
Greenadjective
(wine) High or too high in acidity.
Greenadjective
Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
Greenadjective
(Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
Greenadjective
(particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
Greennoun
The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters.
Greennoun
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
Greennoun
(golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
Greennoun
(bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
Greennoun
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
Greennoun
(British) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
Greennoun
A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
Greennoun
Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
Greennoun
Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
Greennoun
marijuana.
Greennoun
Money.
Greennoun
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
Greenverb
(transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
Greenverb
To become or grow green in colour.
Greenverb
(transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
Greenverb
(intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
Greenverb
(transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.
Greenadjective
Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
Greenadjective
Having a sickly color; wan.
Greenadjective
Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.
Greenadjective
Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
Greenadjective
Not roasted; half raw.
Greenadjective
Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
Greenadjective
Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
Greenadjective
Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; - of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties.
Greennoun
The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
Greennoun
A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.
Greennoun
Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; - usually in the plural.
Greennoun
Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
Greennoun
Any substance or pigment of a green color.
Greenverb
To make green.
Greenverb
To become or grow green.
Greennoun
the property of being green; resembling the color of growing grass
Greennoun
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
Greennoun
United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)
Greennoun
an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party
Greennoun
a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
Greennoun
an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course;
Greennoun
any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Greennoun
street names for ketamine
Greenverb
turn or become green;
Greenadjective
similar to the color of fresh grass;
Greenadjective
concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
Greenadjective
not fully developed or mature; not ripe;
Greenadjective
looking pale and unhealthy;
Greenadjective
naive and easily deceived or tricked;
Green
Green is the color between blue and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495–570 nm.
Yellowadjective
Having yellow as its colour.
Yellowadjective
(informal) Lacking courage.
Yellowadjective
Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
Yellowadjective
Far East Asian relating to Asian people.
Yellowadjective
Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
Yellowadjective
High yellow.
Yellowadjective
Related to the Liberal Democrats.
Yellowadjective
(politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.
Yellownoun
The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light.
Yellownoun
(US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
Yellownoun
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
Yellownoun
(pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the (yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
Yellownoun
(sports) A yellow card.
Yellowverb
(intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
Yellowverb
(transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.
Yellowadjective
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
Yellowadjective
Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.
Yellowadjective
Sensational; - said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.
Yellownoun
A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
Yellownoun
A yellow pigment.
Yellowverb
To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
Yellowverb
To become yellow or yellower.
Yellownoun
the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Yellowverb
turn yellow;
Yellowadjective
similar to the color of an egg yolk
Yellowadjective
easily frightened
Yellowadjective
changed to a yellowish color by age;
Yellowadjective
typical of tabloids;
Yellowadjective
cowardly or treacherous;
Yellowadjective
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Yellowadjective
of the colour between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive colour complementary to blue; coloured like ripe lemons or egg yolks
Yellowadjective
having a naturally yellowish or olive skin (as used to describe Chinese or Japanese people).
Yellowadjective
denoting a warning of danger which is thought to be near but not actually imminent
Yellowadjective
not brave; cowardly
Yellowadjective
showing jealousy or suspicion.
Yellowadjective
(of a style of writing, especially in journalism) lurid and sensational
Yellownoun
yellow colour or pigment
Yellownoun
yellow clothes or material
Yellownoun
a yellow ball or piece in a game or sport, especially the yellow ball in snooker
Yellownoun
used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour.
Yellownoun
any of a number of plant diseases in which the leaves turn yellow, typically caused by viruses and transmitted by insects.
Yellowverb
become yellow, especially with age
Yellow
Yellow is the color between orange and green on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575–585 nm.
