Ivory vs. Ivy — What's the Difference?

Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks. The chemical structure of the teeth and tusks of mammals is the same, regardless of the species of origin.

A widely cultivated evergreen climbing plant (Hedera helix) native to Eurasia, having palmately lobed leaves, root-bearing young stems, small green flowers grouped in umbels, and blackish or yellowish berries. Also called English ivy.

A hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles

Any of several other woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera of the Northern Hemisphere.

The creamy-white colour of ivory

Any of various creeping or trailing plants of other genera, such as Boston ivy, ground ivy, or Virginia creeper.

A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.

Poison ivy.

A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.

Ivy(Informal) A university in the Ivy League

A tusk, especially an elephant's tusk.

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

An article made of ivory.

Any similar plant of any genus.

A substance resembling ivory.

A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.

A pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.

Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits

(Music) Piano keys.

(Games) Dice.

(Slang) The teeth.

Composed or constructed of ivory.

Of a pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.

(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

Something made from or resembling ivory.

The teeth.

The keys of a piano.

(slang) A white person.

(informal) A die object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance.

Made of ivory.

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.

Any carving executed in ivory.

Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.

A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

A shade of white the color of bleached bones