Difference between Turquoise and Aquamarine

Turquoise

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of turquoise (the gemstone). Having a pale greenish-blue colour.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.

Example sentence: We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.

Aquamarine

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The bluish-green colour of the sea.A bluish-green variety of beryl.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a bluish-green colour.