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Periwinkle vs Cockle - What's the difference?

periwinkle | cockle |

As nouns the difference between periwinkle and cockle

is that periwinkle is any of several evergreen plants of the genus vinca with blue or white flowers or periwinkle can be a mollusk of genus while cockle is any of various edible european bivalve mollusks, of the family cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells or cockle can be any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, , and lolium temulentum .

As an adjective periwinkle

is of pale bluish purple colour.

As a verb cockle is

to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

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

    *

    cockle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from .

    Noun

    (wikipedia cockle) (en noun)
  • Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  • The shell of such a mollusk.
  • (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
  • (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
  • (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
  • (mining, UK, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
    • (Raymond)
  • (UK) The fire chamber of a furnace.
    • (Knight)
  • (UK) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
    • (Knight)
  • (UK) The dome of a heating furnace.
    • (Knight)
    Derived terms
    * blood cockle * cockleshell * common cockle * warm the cockles of one's heart
    See also
    * scallop

    Verb

    (cockl)
  • To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

    • Etymology 2

    (Lolium temulentum) (Agrostemma githago) (Lolium temulentum) (Agrostemma githago) From (etyl) coccel, perhaps from a diminutive of (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several field weeds, such as the corncockle, , and Lolium temulentum .
    • Synonyms
    * (Lolium temulentum) darnel, false wheat
    Related terms
    * aquatic cockle * corncockle * cocklebur
    See also
    * cheat * rye grass * tare * vetch

    Anagrams

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