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Violet vs Lavender - What's the difference?

violet | lavender |

As a proper noun violet

is .

As a noun lavender is

any of a group of european plants, genus, lavandula , of the mint family.

As an adjective lavender is

having a pale purple colour.

violet

English

(violet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bluish-purple colour.
  • Viola , a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.
  • Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.
  • Derived terms

    * African violet (Saintpaulia spp.) * (bush violet) () * (Chinese violet) () * (damask violet), ) * ) * , (vern, dog's tooth violet) (Erythronium ) * gentian violet * methyl violet * (Persian violet), () * (Philippine violet) () * shrinking violet * (small bush violet) () * ) * (violet tree) ()

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a bluish-purple colour.
  • Derived terms

    * ultraviolet * (violet cattleya) () * (violet click beetle) () * (violet helleborine) ( * (violet shell) () * (violet snail) () * (violet spider conch) () * (violet turaco) (Musophaga violacea ) * (violet wood) () * (violet wood-sorrel) () * (violet wood hoopoe) ()

    See also

    * * * * * * gentamicin * iodine * iodopsin * iolite * ionone * * cudbear * rainbow * rocket * trout lily * wild pansy ----

    lavender

    English

    Noun

  • Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula , of the mint family.
  • a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
  • Hyponyms

    * (plant) common lavender

    Derived terms

    * lavender water * sea lavender * spike lavender

    Scientific names

    Lavandula officinalis -->

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Lavandula) * (Lavandula) *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a pale purple colour.