Maroon vs. Red

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

Maroonnoun

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

Redadjective

Having red as its color.

The girl wore a red skirt.

Maroonnoun

A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Redadjective

(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

Her hair had red highlights.

Maroonnoun

A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

Redadjective

Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits

I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
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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).

Redadjective

Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

Maroonnoun

An idiot; a fool.

Redadjective

the U.S. Republican party

a red statea red Congress

Maroonadjective

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Redadjective

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

the red-black grand coalition in Germany
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Maroonadjective

Of a maroon color

Redadjective

Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

Maroonverb

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

Redadjective

(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

Maroonnoun

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

when the tide came in I was a maroon out there

Redadjective

(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.

Maroonnoun

a dark purplish red to dark brownish red

Rednoun

Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

Maroonnoun

an exploding firework used as a warning signal

Rednoun

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Maroonverb

leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

the travellers were marooned

Rednoun

One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

Maroonverb

leave stranded on a desert island without resources;

The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island

Rednoun

Red wine.

Maroonadjective

dark brownish to purplish red

Rednoun

A redshank.

Rednoun

An Amerind.

Rednoun

(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

Rednoun

(informal) A red light a traffic signal

Rednoun

red lemonade

Rednoun

(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

Rednoun

chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")

Redverb

(archaic) rede

Rednoun

the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

Rednoun

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

Rednoun

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Rednoun

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;

the company operated at a loss last yearthe company operated in the red last year

Redadjective

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Redadjective

characterized by violence or bloodshed;

writes of crimson deeds and barbaric daysfann'd by Conquest's crimson wingconvulsed with red rage

Redadjective

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

crimson with furyturned red from exertionwith puffy reddened eyesred-faced and violentflushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

Redadjective

red with or characterized by blood;

waving our red weapons o'er our headsThe Red Badge of Couragethe red rules of tooth and claw