Crimson vs Claret - What's the difference?
crimson | claret |
A deep, slightly bluish red.
* (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Having a deep red colour.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
*1950 , (Mervyn Peake),
*:Her crimson dress inflames grey corridors, or flaring in a sunshaft through high branches makes of the deep green shadows a greenness darker yet, and a darkness greener.
Having loose morals.
to blush
* 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
* Shakespeare
(chiefly, British) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.
(colloquial) bloodhttp://thesaurus.com/browse/claret. Often used in a sporting context eg 'He spilt some claret'.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02-14/phil-waugh-spills-some-claret/306330
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As nouns the difference between crimson and claret
is that crimson is a deep, slightly bluish red while claret is a dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.As adjectives the difference between crimson and claret
is that crimson is having a deep red colour while claret is of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.As a verb crimson
is to blush.crimson
English
(wikipedia crimson)Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia)- To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson .
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* crimson lakeVerb
(en verb)- Gerty MacDowell bent down her head and crimsoned at the idea of Cissy saying an unladylike thing like that out loud she'd be ashamed of her life to say, flushing a deep rosy red, and Edy Boardman said she was sure the gentleman opposite heard what she said. But not a pin cared Ciss.
- Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.
See also
*Anagrams
*claret
English
(wikipedia claret)Noun
Synonyms
* traditional dry red (Australia)Derived terms
* claret cup * claret-colouredSee also
*References
*Paper from the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia on generic wine terminology*
Oxford Companion to Wine – Claret