Ruby vs. Garnet

A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

(obsolete) A red spinel.

A deep red colour.

(heraldry) The tincture red or gules.

The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.

A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.

A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.

A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.

Of a deep red colour.

To make red; to redden.

A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.

Example: ‘Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white.’;

The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.

Example: ‘The natural ruby of your cheeks.’;

That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.

See Agate, n., 2.

Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolæma. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.

Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.

To make red; to redden.

a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers

a deep and vivid red

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

a precious stone consisting of corundum in colour varieties varying from deep crimson or purple to pale rose

Example: ‘a ruby eternity ring’; ‘a necklace of rubies’;

an intense purplish-red colour

Example: ‘this wine has a youthful ruby-red colour’; ‘the rich ruby liquid’;

an old type size equal to 51/2 points.

A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires.

(mineral) A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

Of a dark red colour.

A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms.

A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out.

any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

Garnets ( ) are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties and crystal forms, but differ in chemical composition.