Jade vs. Pug — What's the Difference?

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).

The pug is a breed of dog with physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail. The breed has a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colors, most often light brown (fawn) or black, and a compact, square body with well-developed muscles.

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

A dog of a dwarf breed like a bulldog with a broad flat nose and deeply wrinkled face.

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

A small, slender moth which rests with its wings stretched out to the sides.

An old or worn-out horse.

Pugged clay.

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

A boxer

A carving made of jade.

The footprint of an animal

Jade green.

Work (clay) into a soft, plastic condition suitable for making bricks or pottery, without air pockets

A broken-down or useless horse; a nag.

Pack (a space) with pug, sawdust, or other material in order to deaden sound

A woman regarded as promiscuous.

Track (an animal) by its footprints.

An outgoing, often flirtatious girl.

A dog of a small sturdy breed developed in China, having a short muzzle, wrinkled face, short smooth coat, and tightly curled tail.

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

A pug nose.

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

Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.

A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.

A machine for grinding and mixing clay.

A horse too old to be put to work.

A footprint, track, or trail, especially of an animal; a pugmark.

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

A fighter, especially a boxer.

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

To work or knead (clay) with water.

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

To fill in with clay or mortar.

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

To make soundproof by covering or packing with clay, mortar, sawdust, or felt.

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

A small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.

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.

A bargeman.

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

(obsolete) chaff; the refuse of grain

A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.

Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

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

(obsolete) An elf or hobgoblin.

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

An upper servant in a great house.

To treat like a jade; to spurn.

A harlot; a prostitute.

To make ridiculous and contemptible.

(informal) One who fights with fists; a boxer.

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.

Any compressed clay-like material mixed and worked into a soft, plastic condition for making bricks, pottery or for paving. (Also pug soil)

To become weary; to lose spirit.

A pug mill.

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

The pawprint or footprint of an animal.

A woman adulterer

(obsolete) A term of endearment.

A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

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An old or over-worked horse

(transitive) To mix and stir when wet.

Get tired of something or somebody

(transitive) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound.

Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc.

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

To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2.

Tempered clay; clay moistened and worked so as to be plastic.

A pug mill.

An elf, or a hobgoblin; also same as Puck.

A name for a monkey.

A name for a fox.

An intimate; a crony; a dear one.

Chaff; the refuse of grain.

A prostitute.

One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

Any geometrid moth of the genus Eupithecia.

A footprint; a track; as of a boar.

Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle