Pure vs Puce - What's the difference?
pure | puce |
Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
* (1800-1859)
(senseid)Free of foreign material or pollutants.
* (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
* Bible, v. 22
(label) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (label) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
(label) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
(Liverpool) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
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.
As adjectives the difference between pure and puce
is that pure is free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied while puce is of a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.As an adverb pure
is to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.As a noun puce is
a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.pure
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
- A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
- Keep thyself pure .
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Synonyms
* perfect * innocent * See alsoAntonyms
* impure, contaminated * (done for its own sake) appliedDerived terms
* pure finder * as pure as the driven snowAdverb
(en adverb)- You’re pure busy.