Purple vs. Mauve
Difference Between Purple and Mauve
Purplenoun
A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
Mauvenoun
(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
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 purpleMauvenoun
The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
Purplenoun
(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
Mauveadjective
Having a pale purple colour.
Purplenoun
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
Mauvenoun
a moderate purple
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.
Mauveadjective
of a pale to moderate grayish violet color
Purplenoun
(medicine) Purpura.
Purplenoun
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
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
