Carnation vs Darnation - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between carnation and darnation

is that carnation is botany A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers while darnation is alternative form of lang=en.

is of a rosy pink or red colour.

(wikipedia carnation)

(botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.

# originally, Dianthus caryophyllus

# other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids

The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.

A rosy pink colour

(archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh

Sometimes, a scarlet colour.

* clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus *

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Of a rosy pink or red colour

(archaic) Of a human flesh color.

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