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What is the difference between flower and rose?

flower | rose |

As nouns the difference between flower and rose

is that flower is a colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction while rose is a shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.

As verbs the difference between flower and rose

is that flower is to put forth blooms while rose is to make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.

As an adjective rose is

having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.

As a proper noun Rose is

{{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

flower

English

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Alternative forms

* flowre (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) flour, from (etyl) flur, from (etyl) (more at (l)).

Noun