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Periwinkle vs Azure - What's the difference?

periwinkle | azure |

As adjectives the difference between periwinkle and azure

is that periwinkle is of pale bluish purple colour while azure is azure (blue in colour).

As a noun 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 azure is

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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

    *

    azure

    English

    (wikipedia azure)

    Noun

  • (tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
  • * 1997 , Brault, Early Blazon :
    • In Bb'' [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter ''B is used to indicate azure in most items.
  • The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
  • * Wordsworth
    • In robes of azure .
  • (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
  • *
    • Not like those steps / On heaven's azure .
  • Lapis lazuli.

    • Alternative forms

    * (blue color on a coat of arms)

    Derived terms

    * azurely * azureness * azurite * azurity

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
  • *
    • When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.
  • (tincture) In blazon, of the colour blue.

    • Verb

    (azur)
  • To colour blue.

    • See also

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