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Rouge vs Gravy - What's the difference?

rouge | gravy |

As nouns the difference between rouge and gravy

is that rouge is while gravy is (uncountable) a thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

rouge

English

(wikipedia rouge)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a reddish pink colour.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
  • * '>citation
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (makeup) blush

    Verb

    (roug)
  • To apply rouge (makeup).
  • She rouged her face before setting out for the party.

    Derived terms

    * jeweller's rouge

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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    gravy

    English

    (wikipedia gravy)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
  • (countable) A type of gravy.
  • (uncountable, Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.
  • (uncountable) Unearned gain.
  • (uncountable) Extra benefit.
  • The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy .

    Derived terms

    * good gravy * gravy boat * gravy train

    See also

    * sauce

    References

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