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Aureate vs. Gold — What's the Difference?

Aureate vs. Gold — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Aureate and Gold

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Aureate

Of a golden color; gilded.

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.

Aureate

Inflated and pompous in style.

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

Aureate

Golden in color or shine.
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Gold

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

Aureate

(rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin.

Gold

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

Aureate

Golden; gilded.

Gold

The bullseye of an archery target.

Aureate

Elaborately or excessively ornamented;
Flamboyant handwriting
The senator's florid speech

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.

Aureate

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

Gold

Coinage made of this element.

Gold

A gold standard.

Gold

Money; riches.

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

Having the color of gold.

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

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

Gold

A grill jewellery worn on front teeth made of gold.

Gold

Made of gold.
A gold chain

Gold

Having gold of gold.
Gold sticker
Gold socks

Gold

(of commercial services) Premium, superior.

Gold

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

Gold

In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Gold

To appear or cause to appear golden.

Gold

Of or referring to a gold version of something

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

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