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Carnation vs Tarnation - What's the difference?

carnation | tarnation |

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

Noun

  • (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.
  • Synonyms

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

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a rosy pink or red colour
  • (archaic) Of a human flesh color.
  • See also

    * * gypsophila

    Anagrams

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    tarnation

    English

    Noun

  • (archaic) The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.
  • What in tarnation is going on?

    Usage notes

    This New Englandism has fallen out of use in New England, but is remembered for its colorfulness and is still used in the Southeastern United States as a minced oath, where ‘hell’ or ‘damn’ would otherwise be said, especially in the phrase "what in tarnation". English intensifiers English euphemisms