pink vs purple

pink

adj
  • Having a colour between red and white; pale red. 

  • Having conjunctivitis. 

  • Relating to women or girls. 

  • Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet. 

  • Relating to homosexuals as a group within society. 

verb
  • To become pink in color, to redden. 

  • Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine). 

  • Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note. 

  • To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat. 

  • To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe. 

  • To turn (something) pink. 

  • To prick with a sword. 

  • To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule. 

noun
  • The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. 

  • Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. 

  • A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. 

  • One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points. 

  • An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie. 

  • Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base. 

  • Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. 

  • The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red. 

  • The vagina or vulva. 

purple

adj
  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

noun
  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • Purpura. 

  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

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