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Rosy vs Scarlet - What's the difference?

rosy | scarlet |

As an adjective rosy

is rose-coloured.

As a noun rosy

is (slang|british) tea.

As a proper noun scarlet is

, a modern variant of scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.

rosy

English

Etymology 1

From

Adjective

(er)
  • Rose-coloured.
  • *
    • If I close my eyes I can see Marie today as I saw her then. Round, rosy face, snub nose, dark hair piled up in a chignon.
  • Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
  • Optimistic.

    • Etymology 2

    From Cockney rhyming slang, "Rosie Lee".

    Alternative forms

    * Rosie (more common spelling, as per the etymology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang, British) tea
    • I wish a cup of Rosy .
    I fancy a cup of rosy lee.
    ----

    scarlet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bright red, slightly orange colour.
  • Cloth of a scarlet color.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 21
    • All her household are clothed with scarlet .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a bright red colour.
  • *
  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • Sinful or whorish.
  • :

    • Derived terms

    * scarlatina * scarlet-collar * scarlet fever * scarlet hat * scarlet ibis * scarlet letter * scarlet pimpernel * scarlet runner * scarlet tanager * scarlet woman

    See also

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dye or tinge with scarlet.
  • * Ford
    • The ashy paleness of my cheek / Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.

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