lilac vs ruddy

lilac

• Having a pale purple colour. 

• A flower of the lilac shrub. 

• A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers. 

• A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. 

ruddy

• Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky. 

• A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

• A mild intensifier, expressing irritation. 

• A ruddy duck. 

• A ruddy ground dove. 

• To make reddish in colour.