Cardinal vs. Maroon

Cardinal vs. Maroon — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cardinal and Maroon

Cardinaladjective

Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.

a cardinal rule

Maroonnoun

An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.

Cardinaladjective

(nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).

a cardinal mark

Maroonnoun

A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Cardinaladjective

Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.

Maroonnoun

A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

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Cardinaladjective

Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).

Maroonnoun

(nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

Cardinalnoun

A number indicating quantity, or the size of a set, e.g., one, two, three. Wikipedia article on Cardinal number]].

Maroonnoun

An idiot; a fool.

Cardinalnoun

(grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number; a cardinal numeral.

Maroonadjective

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

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Cardinalnoun

An official in the Catholic Church, ranking only below the Pope and the patriarchs. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)

Maroonadjective

Of a maroon color

Cardinalnoun

Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis.

Maroonverb

To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

Cardinalnoun

Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related.

Maroonnoun

a person who is stranded (as on an island);

when the tide came in I was a maroon out there

Cardinalnoun

A shade of scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock.

Maroonnoun

a dark purplish red to dark brownish red

Cardinalnoun

(historical) A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Maroonnoun

an exploding firework used as a warning signal

Cardinalnoun

(obsolete) Mulled red wine.

Maroonverb

leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

the travellers were marooned

Cardinalnoun

A freshwater fish, the cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi).

Maroonverb

leave stranded on a desert island without resources;

The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island

Cardinalnoun

(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

Maroonadjective

dark brownish to purplish red

Cardinalnoun

the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

Cardinalnoun

a variable color averaging a vivid red

Cardinalnoun

crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

Cardinaladjective

serving as an essential component;

a cardinal rulethe central cause of the probleman example that was fundamental to the argumentcomputers are fundamental to modern industrial structure

Cardinaladjective

being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;

cardinal numbers