Navy vs. Blue

Navy vs. Blue — Is There a Difference?
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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 sea

Navynoun

(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.
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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 washout
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Navynoun

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 laws

Blueadjective

literary; bluestockinged.

Blueadjective

(particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.

Blueadjective

(entertainment) Risque or obscene

His material is too blue for prime-time

Blueadjective

Pornographic or profane.

The air was blue with oaths.a blue movie

Bluenoun

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 blue

Bluenoun

blue clothing;

she was wearing blue

Bluenoun

any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue;

the Union army was a vast blue

Bluenoun

the sky as viewed during daylight;

he shot an arrow into the blue

Bluenoun

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 smoke

Blueadjective

used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms);

a ragged blue line

Blueadjective

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 downhearted

Blueadjective

characterized by profanity or cursing;

foul-mouthed and blasphemousblue languageprofane words

Blueadjective

suggestive of sexual impropriety;

a blue movieblue jokeshe skips asterisks and gives you the gamy detailsa juicy scandala naughty winknaughty wordsracy anecdotesa risque storyspicy gossip

Blueadjective

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 tastes

Blueadjective

morally rigorous and strict;

blue lawsthe puritan work ethicpuritanic distaste for alcoholshe was anything but puritanical in her behavior

Blueadjective

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