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Crimson vs Legacy - What's the difference?

crimson | legacy |

As nouns the difference between crimson and legacy

is that crimson is a deep, slightly bluish red while legacy is (legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

As adjectives the difference between crimson and legacy

is that crimson is having a deep red colour while legacy is (computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain.

As a verb crimson

is to blush.

crimson

English

(wikipedia crimson)

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia)
  • A deep, slightly bluish red.
  • * (Arthur Conan Doyle)
    • To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a deep red colour.
  • *
  • *: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.

    • Derived terms

    * crimson lake

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to blush
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • 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.
  • To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.

    Related terms

    * kermes * carmine

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    legacy

    English

    Noun

    (legacies)
  • (legal) money or property bequeathed to someone in a will
  • Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
    • left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
  • The descendant of an alumnus
    • Because she was a legacy , her mother's sorority rushed her.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (computing) of a computer system that has been in service for many years and that a business still relies upon, even though it is becoming expensive or difficult to maintain
  • left behind; old or no longer in active use
    • They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data.
    ''A legacy number or legacy identifier means a number no longer in use (for a document, for example)."