Pink vs Friday - What's the difference?
pink | friday |
(regional) The common minnow,
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 642:
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus , sometimes called carnations.
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment (of) some quality.
* Shakespeare
The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
*1928 , (Siegfried Sassoon), Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
*:I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink ’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
* 1986 , Michael J O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry , SUNY, page 69:
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt'', ''bourgeoisie .
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
* 1976 : Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
(of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the norm; the Biblical sixth day of a week, the day before the Sabbath, or "day of preparation" in preparation for the Sabbath; the Islamic sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
on Friday
As nouns the difference between pink and friday
is that pink is (slang|derogatory|dated) an operative of the (pinkerton national detective agency) while friday is the sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the norm; the biblical sixth day of a week, the day before the sabbath, or "day of preparation" in preparation for the sabbath; the islamic sabbath; it follows thursday and precedes saturday.As a proper noun pink
is .As an adverb friday is
on friday.pink
English
(wikipedia pink)Etymology 1
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) pincke.Etymology 3
Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken ‘hit, peck’.Verb
(en verb)- ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
- (Herbert)
Etymology 4
Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).Noun
(en noun)- This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks .
- Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
- the very pink of courtesy
- My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink .
- it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.
- Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink .
See also
*Adjective
(er)- The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.
- pink-collar; pink job
- the pink economy
- pink dollar; pink pound