What is the difference between carnation and pink?
carnation | pink |
(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.
Of a rosy pink or red colour
(archaic) Of a human flesh color.
(regional) The common minnow,
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 642:
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus , sometimes called carnations.
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment (of) some quality.
* Shakespeare
The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
*1928 , (Siegfried Sassoon), Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
*:I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink ’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
* 1986 , Michael J O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry , SUNY, page 69:
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt'', ''bourgeoisie .
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
* 1976 : Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
(of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
As nouns the difference between carnation and pink
is that carnation is (botany) a type of eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers while pink is {{context|regional|lang=en}} the common minnow, (taxlink) {{defdate|from 15th c}} or pink can be {{context|now|_|historical|lang=en}} a narrow boat {{defdate|from 15th c}} or pink can be a stab or pink can be any of various flowers in the genus dianthus , sometimes called carnations {{defdate|from 16th c}}.As adjectives the difference between carnation and pink
is that carnation is of a rosy pink or red colour, like human flesh while pink is having a colour between red and white; pale red or pink can be {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} half-shut; winking.As a verb pink is
to decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe or pink can be {{context|of a motor car|lang=en}} to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine) or pink can be {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} to wink; to blink.carnation
English
(wikipedia carnation)Noun
Synonyms
* clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus *Adjective
(-)See also
* * gypsophilaAnagrams
* ----pink
English
(wikipedia pink)Etymology 1
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) pincke.Etymology 3
Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken ‘hit, peck’.Verb
(en verb)- ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
- (Herbert)
Etymology 4
Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).Noun
(en noun)- This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks .
- Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
- the very pink of courtesy
- My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink .
- it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.
- Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink .
See also
*Adjective
(er)- The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.
- pink-collar; pink job
- the pink economy
- pink dollar; pink pound