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Violet vs Violence - What's the difference?

violet | violence |

As nouns the difference between violet and violence

is that violet is a bluish-purple colour while violence is extreme force.

As an adjective violet

is having a bluish-purple colour.

As a proper noun Violet

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

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 ----

    violence

    English

    Noun

  • Extreme force.
  • Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
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  • Widespread fighting.
  • (figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
  • (obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
  • Hypernyms

    * (extreme force) force

    Antonyms

    * peace, nonviolence

    See also

    * domestic violence * reverse domestic violence ----