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Ceruse vs Cerise - What's the difference?

ceruse | cerise |

As nouns the difference between ceruse and cerise

is that ceruse is ceruse while cerise is a deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

As an adjective cerise is

cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

ceruse

English

Noun

(-)
  • White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes.
  • *, II.ii.1.1:
  • *:Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur , for that unctuous ceruse , which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].

    • See also

    * Venetian ceruse

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    cerise

    English

    (wikipedia cerise)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

    • See also

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