Puce vs Pauce - What's the difference?
puce | pauce |
a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.
Of a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.
Of or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.
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* 1983. Academy of Political Science (U.S.) ''Political Science Quarterly; New York, v.98 (1983-84), Page 521,
* 1997. Tony Whitten, Roehayat Emon Soeriaatmadja, Suraya A. Afiff, Surya Affif. The Ecology of Java and Bali , Oxford University Press: 1997, Page 600,
As adjectives the difference between puce and pauce
is that puce is of a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple while pauce is of or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.As a noun puce
is a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.puce
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The documentation was very pauce .
- ...although the foraminiferal content is pauce .
- Comparable information for the Soviets is pauce ; but the authors' observations are stimulating and plausible.
- So, although it is often asserted that monocultures lead to increased risks of disease and pest attack, the evidence is pauce .