Periwinkle vs. Purple

Difference Between Periwinkle and Purple
Periwinklenoun
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
Purplenoun
A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
Periwinklenoun
A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
Purplenoun
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
to put on the imperial purplePeriwinklenoun
A mollusk of genus Littorina.
Purplenoun
(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
Periwinkleadjective
Of pale bluish purple colour.
Purplenoun
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
Periwinklenoun
chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
Purplenoun
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
Periwinklenoun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
Purplenoun
(medicine) Purpura.
Periwinklenoun
small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
Purplenoun
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
Periwinklenoun
edible marine gastropod
Purplenoun
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
the banded purplePurplenoun
A cardinalate.
Purpleadjective
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
Purpleadjective
Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
Purpleadjective
(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Purpleadjective
Imperial; regal.
Purpleadjective
Blood-red; bloody.
Purpleadjective
(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
Purpleverb
(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
Purpleverb
(transitive) To dye purple.
Purpleverb
(transitive) To clothe in purple.
Purplenoun
a chromatic color between red and blue
Purplenoun
of imperial status;
he was born to the purplePurpleverb
become purple
Purpleverb
color purple
Purpleadjective
of a color midway between red and blue
Purpleadjective
excessively elaborate or showily expressed;
a writer of empurpled literaturemany purple passagesspeech embellished with classical quotationsan over-embellished story of the fish that got awayPurpleadjective
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;
golden age of imperial splendorpurple tyrantregal attiretreated with royal acclaimthe royal carriage of a stag's head