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Lilac vs Violet - What's the difference?

lilac | violet |

As nouns the difference between lilac and violet

is that lilac is a large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink, or purple flowers while violet is a bluish-purple colour.

As adjectives the difference between lilac and violet

is that lilac is (colour) having a pale purple colour while violet is having a bluish-purple colour.

As a proper noun Violet is

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lilac

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large shrub of the genus Syringa , bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.
  • *
  • *: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.
  • A flower of the lilac shrub.
  • A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.
  • :

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colour) having a pale purple colour.

    • See also

    * syringa * bunchflower *

    Derived terms

    * lilacky

    Anagrams

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    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) ()

    Related terms

    * viola * violaceous

    See also

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