Amber vs. Jade — What's the Difference?

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.

Jade is an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties, though it appears naturally in other colors as well, notably yellow and white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminium in the pyroxene group of minerals).

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.

A hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite

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

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

A brownish yellow.

An old or worn-out horse.

Having the color of amber; brownish-yellow.

Either of two distinct minerals, nephrite and jadeite, that are generally pale green or white and are used mainly as gemstones or in carving.

Made of or resembling amber

A carving made of jade.

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

Jade green.

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

A broken-down or useless horse; a nag.

A yellow-orange colour.

A woman regarded as promiscuous.

(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.

An outgoing, often flirtatious girl.

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

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

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

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

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

A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.

To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

A horse too old to be put to work.

To preserve in amber.

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

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

To take on the yellow colour of amber.

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

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.

(obsolete) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.

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

(obsolete) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.

Ambergris.

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.

The balsam, liquidambar.

A color resembling that of jade{1}; it varies from yellowish-green to bluish-green.

Consisting of amber; made of amber.

A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.

Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.

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

A young woman; - generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

To treat like a jade; to spurn.

A deep yellow color;

To make ridiculous and contemptible.

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

To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire, make dull, or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.

A medium to dark brownish yellow color

To become weary; to lose spirit.

A semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite

A woman adulterer

A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

An old or over-worked horse

Get tired of something or somebody

Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

Similar to the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green