Difference between Bone and Off-white

What is the difference between Bone and Off-white?

Bone as an adjective is of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone. while Off-white as an adjective is of a very pale colour that is almost white.

Bone

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone. Said of something that is rubbish or broken.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone. A bone of a fish; a fishbone One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone. An off-white colour, like the colour of bone. A dollar. An erect penis; a boner. Dominoes or dice. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from. To have sexual intercourse with. To perform "bone pointing", a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim. To study (see also bone up) To polish boots to a shiny finish To apprehend, steal.

Example sentence: I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Off-white

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very pale colour that is almost white.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a very pale colour that is almost white.

We hope you now know whether to use Bone or Off-white in your sentence.

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