Periwinkle vs. Purple

Periwinkle vs. Purple — Is There a Difference?
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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 purple

Periwinklenoun

A mollusk of genus Littorina.

Purplenoun

(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.

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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.

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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 purple

Purplenoun

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 purple

Purpleverb

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 away

Purpleadjective

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;

golden age of imperial splendorpurple tyrantregal attiretreated with royal acclaimthe royal carriage of a stag's head