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gem vs diamond

diamond vs gem

gem and diamond both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gem Yes No No No
diamond Yes No No No
As nouns, diamond is a hyponym of gem; that is, diamond is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than gem:
  • gem: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
  • diamond: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
Other hyponyms of gem include crown jewel, solitaire, ruby, pearl, emerald, sapphire.
gem (noun) diamond (noun)
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
art highly prized for its beauty or perfection a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan the baseball playing field
a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
Difference between gem and diamond

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