Rouge vs Blackguard - What's the difference?
rouge | blackguard |
Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
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Any reddish pink colour.
(Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
In the Eton College field game, a five-point score awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.
(chemistry, archaic) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
To apply rouge (makeup).
(dated) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
* Macaulay
As nouns the difference between rouge and blackguard
is that rouge is while blackguard is (dated) a scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.As a verb blackguard is
to revile or abuse in scurrilous language.rouge
English
(wikipedia rouge)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (makeup) blushVerb
(roug)- She rouged her face before setting out for the party.
Derived terms
* jeweller's rougeSee also
*Anagrams
* ----blackguard
English
Noun
(en noun)- A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard .