Red vs. Burgundy

Red vs. Burgundy — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Red and Burgundy

Redadjective

Having red as its color.

The girl wore a red skirt.

Burgundynoun

alternative case form of Burgundy|nodot=nodot(red wine).

Redadjective

(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

Her hair had red highlights.

Burgundynoun

A deep red colour, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.

Redadjective

Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits

I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

Burgundyadjective

Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.

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Redadjective

Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

Burgundynoun

a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines

Redadjective

the U.S. Republican party

a red statea red Congress

Burgundynoun

red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)

Redadjective

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

the red-black grand coalition in Germany

Burgundynoun

a dark purplish red to blackish red

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Redadjective

Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

Redadjective

(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

Redadjective

(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.

Rednoun

Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

Rednoun

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Rednoun

One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

Rednoun

Red wine.

Rednoun

A redshank.

Rednoun

An Amerind.

Rednoun

(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

Rednoun

(informal) A red light a traffic signal

Rednoun

red lemonade

Rednoun

(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

Rednoun

chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")

Redverb

(archaic) rede

Rednoun

the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

Rednoun

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

Rednoun

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Rednoun

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;

the company operated at a loss last yearthe company operated in the red last year

Redadjective

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Redadjective

characterized by violence or bloodshed;

writes of crimson deeds and barbaric daysfann'd by Conquest's crimson wingconvulsed with red rage

Redadjective

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

crimson with furyturned red from exertionwith puffy reddened eyesred-faced and violentflushed (or crimson) with embarrassment

Redadjective

red with or characterized by blood;

waving our red weapons o'er our headsThe Red Badge of Couragethe red rules of tooth and claw