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Mauve vs Pantechnicon - What's the difference?

mauve | pantechnicon |

As nouns the difference between mauve and pantechnicon

is that mauve is a bright purple synthetic dye while pantechnicon is a depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

As an adjective mauve

is having a pale purple colour.

mauve

English

(wikipedia mauve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
  • The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a pale purple colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    See also

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    pantechnicon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.
  • A van, especially a large removal van. Originally (pantechnicon van).
  • *1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 426:
  • *:In fact, as they later found, the auxiliary vehicle was a very large removers' van – the kind known as a pantechnicon .

    • Derived terms

    * pantech * pantech van