Difference between Albumen and White

What is the difference between Albumen and White?

Albumen as a noun is the white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. while White as a noun is the color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

Albumen

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

White

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.Of Caucasian race.Containing cream, milk or creamer.The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.A Caucasian person.A European person.Street name for cocaine.The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).The sclera, white of the eye.A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies.The cue ball in cue games.

Example sentence: Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

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