Carnation vs Tarnation - What's the difference?
carnation | tarnation |
(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.
(archaic) The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.
In archaic terms the difference between carnation and tarnation
is that carnation is of a human flesh color while tarnation is the act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.As nouns the difference between carnation and tarnation
is that carnation is botany A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers while tarnation is the act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.As an adjective carnation
is of a rosy pink or red colour.carnation
English
(wikipedia carnation)Noun
Synonyms
* clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus *Adjective
(-)See also
* * gypsophilaAnagrams
* ----tarnation
English
Noun
- What in tarnation is going on?