Teal vs. Turquoise

Tealnoun

(countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.

Turquoisenoun

(countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.

Tealnoun

A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.

Turquoisenoun

A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

Tealadjective

Having a bluish-green colour

Turquoiseadjective

Made of turquoise (the gemstone).

Tealnoun

Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings.

Turquoiseadjective

Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Tealnoun

a shade of green tinged with blue;

‘they painted it a light shade of bluish green’;

Turquoisenoun

A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.

Tealnoun

any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America

Turquoiseadjective

Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.

Tealadjective

a bluish shade of green

Turquoisenoun

a blue to gray green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate; blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone

Teal

Teal is a cyan-green color. Its name comes from that of a bird — the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) — which presents a similarly colored stripe on its head.

Turquoisenoun

a shade of blue tinged with green

Turquoisenoun

a greenish-blue colour

‘the turquoise waters of the bay’;

Turquoisenoun

a semi-precious stone, typically opaque and of a greenish-blue or sky-blue colour, consisting of a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium.

Turquoise

Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue. Like most other opaque gems, turquoise has been devalued by the introduction onto the market of treatments, imitations and synthetics.