Purple vs. Pink

Difference Between Purple and Pink

Purplenoun

Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.

Pinknoun

Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.

Purplenoun

Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.

Pinknoun

Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as sweet William, often cultivated for their showy, fragrant, usually pink, red, or white flowers. Also called dianthus.

Purplenoun

Imperial power; high rank

born to the purple.

Pinknoun

Any of several other plants in the pink family, such as the wild pink.

Purplenoun

The rank or office of a cardinal.

Pinknoun

A flower of any of these plants.

Purplenoun

The rank or office of a bishop.

Pinknoun

The highest or best degree

in the pink of health.

Purpleadjective

Of the color purple.

Pinknoun

Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by US Army officers.

Purpleadjective

Royal or imperial; regal.

Pinknoun

The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.

Purpleadjective

Elaborate and ornate

purple prose.

Pinknoun

(Slang)A pinko.

Purpleverb

To make or become purple.

Pinknoun

A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

Purplenoun

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

Pinkadjective

Of the color pink.

Purplenoun

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.

to put on the imperial purple

Pinkadjective

(Slang)Having moderately leftist political opinions.

Purplenoun

(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.

Pinkverb

To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.

Purplenoun

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

Pinkverb

To decorate with a perforated pattern.

Purplenoun

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

Pinkverb

To cut with pinking shears.

Purplenoun

(medicine) Purpura.

Pinknoun

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus}.

Purplenoun

Earcockle, a disease of wheat.

Pinknoun

(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

Purplenoun

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

the banded purple

Pinknoun

A narrow boat.

Purplenoun

A cardinalate.

Pinknoun

A stab.

Purpleadjective

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

Pinknoun

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

This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

Purpleadjective

Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.

Pinknoun

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

Purpleadjective

(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.

Pinknoun

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

My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Purpleadjective

Imperial; regal.

Pinknoun

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

Purpleadjective

Blood-red; bloody.

Pinknoun

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.

Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

Purpleadjective

(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.

Pinknoun

(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.

Purpleverb

(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.

Pinkverb

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

Purpleverb

(transitive) To dye purple.

Pinkverb

To prick with a sword.

Purpleverb

(transitive) To clothe in purple.

Pinkverb

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Purplenoun

a chromatic color between red and blue

Pinkverb

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Purplenoun

of imperial status;

he was born to the purple

Pinkverb

(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.

Purpleverb

become purple

Pinkverb

(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).

Purpleverb

color purple

Pinkverb

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Purpleadjective

of a color midway between red and blue

Pinkadjective

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Purpleadjective

excessively elaborate or showily expressed;

a writer of empurpled literaturemany purple passagesspeech embellished with classical quotationsan over-embellished story of the fish that got away

Pinkadjective

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Purpleadjective

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;

golden age of imperial splendorpurple tyrantregal attiretreated with royal acclaimthe royal carriage of a stag's head

Pinkadjective

Having conjunctivitis.

Pinkadjective

(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.