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Fandango vs Periwinkle - What's the difference?

fandango | periwinkle |

As nouns the difference between fandango and periwinkle

is that fandango is a form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (eg fandango de huelva), some of which have their own names (eg malagueña, granadina) while periwinkle is any of several evergreen plants of the genus vinca with blue or white flowers or periwinkle can be a mollusk of genus.

As a verb fandango

is to dance the fandango.

As an adjective periwinkle is

of pale bluish purple colour.

fandango

English

(wikipedia fandango)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina)
  • An unknown entity or contraption
    • What’s that fandango you’re using?
  • A shade of red-violet

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the fandango
  • (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy

    • periwinkle

    English

    (wikipedia periwinkle)

    Etymology 1

    Diminutive of (etyl) perwinke, from (etyl) perfince, perwince (compare Middle High German berwinke), from Latin (vinca) pervinca (compare French pervenche, Italian pervinca), of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
  • * 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 220:
    • The Periwinkle is a great binder, staying bleeding both at mouth and nose is some of the leaves be chewed.
  • A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.
    • (CCCCFF)
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "periwinkle")
    Synonyms
    * (plant) myrtle, vinca

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of pale bluish purple colour.
    • Derived terms
    * Madagascar periwinkle * rose periwinkle * rosy periwinkle

    See also

    * * vinblastine * vincristine *

    Etymology 2

    (etyl), alteration of *pinewinkle'' (compare English dialectal pennywinkle), from (etyl) 'mussel') and -''wincle (compare Danish dial. vinkel 'snail shell'), from wincel 'corner'. More at winch and wink.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mollusk of genus .
    • Synonyms
    * (mollusk) winkle

    See also

    *