Navy vs. Blue
Difference Between Navy and Blue
Navynoun
(countable) A country's entire sea force, including ships and personnel.
Blueadjective
Of the colour blue.
the deep blue seaNavynoun
(countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's sea force.
Blueadjective
(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
Navynoun
A dark blue colour, usually called navy blue.
Blueadjective
Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
The candle burns blue.Navyadjective
Having the dark blue colour of navy blue.
Blueadjective
(politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
Navyadjective
Belonging to the navy; typical of the navy.
Blueadjective
Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
I live in a blue constituency.Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.Navynoun
an organization of military naval forces
Blueadjective
Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washoutNavynoun
a dark shade of blue
Blueadjective
(astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
Blueadjective
(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
Blueadjective
(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
Blueadjective
(archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
blue and sour religionists;blue lawsBlueadjective
literary; bluestockinged.
Blueadjective
(particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
Blueadjective
(entertainment) Risque or obscene
His material is too blue for prime-timeBlueadjective
Pornographic or profane.
The air was blue with oaths.a blue movieBluenoun
The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
Bluenoun
A blue dye or pigment.
Bluenoun
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
Bluenoun
Blue clothing
The boys in blue marched to the pipers.Bluenoun
(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
Bluenoun
(slang) A member of law enforcement
Bluenoun
The sky, literally or figuratively.
The ball came out of the blue and cracked his windshield.His request for leave came out of the blue.Bluenoun
The ocean; deep waters.
Bluenoun
Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
Bluenoun
A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
Bluenoun
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
Bluenoun
Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
Bluenoun
A bluefish.
Bluenoun
An argument.
Bluenoun
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
Bluenoun
(British) A type of firecracker.
Bluenoun
(archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
Bluenoun
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
Blueverb
(ergative) To make or become blue.
Blueverb
To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
Blueverb
To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
Blueverb
To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
Bluenoun
the color of the clear sky in the daytime;
he had eyes of bright blueBluenoun
blue clothing;
she was wearing blueBluenoun
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue;
the Union army was a vast blueBluenoun
the sky as viewed during daylight;
he shot an arrow into the blueBluenoun
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Bluenoun
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
Bluenoun
any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
Blueverb
turn blue
Blueadjective
having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky;
October's bright blue weathera blue flameblue haze of tobacco smokeBlueadjective
used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms);
a ragged blue lineBlueadjective
low in spirits;
lonely and blue in a strange citydepressed by the loss of his joba dispirited and resigned expression on her facedowncast after his defeatfeeling discouraged and downheartedBlueadjective
characterized by profanity or cursing;
foul-mouthed and blasphemousblue languageprofane wordsBlueadjective
suggestive of sexual impropriety;
a blue movieblue jokeshe skips asterisks and gives you the gamy detailsa juicy scandala naughty winknaughty wordsracy anecdotesa risque storyspicy gossipBlueadjective
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy;
an aristocratic familyaristocratic Bostoniansaristocratic governmenta blue familyblue bloodthe blue-blooded aristocracyof gentle bloodpatrician landholders of the American Southaristocratic bearingaristocratic featurespatrician tastesBlueadjective
morally rigorous and strict;
blue lawsthe puritan work ethicpuritanic distaste for alcoholshe was anything but puritanical in her behaviorBlueadjective
causing dejection;
a blue daythe dark days of the wara week of rainy depressing weathera disconsolate winter landscapethe first dismal dispiriting days of Novembera dark gloomy daygrim rainy weather
