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Roux vs Rouge - What's the difference?

roux | rouge |

As nouns the difference between roux and rouge

is that roux is a mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews while rouge is .

roux

English

Noun

(-)
  • A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
  • 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

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