Maroon vs. Red
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.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 CongressMaroonadjective
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 GermanyMaroonadjective
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 thereRedadjective
(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 maroonedRednoun
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 islandRednoun
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 yearRedadjective
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 rageRedadjective
(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 embarrassmentRedadjective
red with or characterized by blood;
waving our red weapons o'er our headsThe Red Badge of Couragethe red rules of tooth and claw
