white vs alabaster

alabaster vs white

white and alabaster both are nouns.

white and alabaster both are adjectives.

white is a verb but alabaster is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
white	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
alabaster	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, alabaster is a hyponym of white; that is, alabaster is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than white:

white: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
alabaster: a very light white

Other hyponyms of white include bleach, bone, ivory, off-white, pearl, chalk, frostiness, hoariness.

white (noun)	alabaster (noun)
(board games) the lighter pieces	a very light white
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth	a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)	a hard compact kind of calcite
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

white (adjective)	alabaster (adjective)
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light	of or resembling alabaster
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
anemic looking from illness or emotion
marked by the presence of snow
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
(of a surface) not written or printed on
benevolent; without malicious intent
glowing white with heat
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
restricted to whites only
(of hair) having lost its color

white (verb)	alabaster (verb)
turn white

Difference between white and alabaster

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