Difference between Maroon and Burgundy

What is the difference between Maroon and Burgundy?

Maroon as an adjective is associated with maroon culture, communities or peoples. while Burgundy as an adjective is of a deep red color like that of burgundy wine.

Maroon

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples. Of a maroon color

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves. A castaway; a person who has been marooned. (colour) A dark red, somewhat brownish, colour. A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

Burgundy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (wine).A deep red colour, like that of Burgundy wine.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of a deep red color like that of Burgundy wine.

Example sentence: The hardest achievement in acting - in my opinion, anyway - is nailing a role that absolutely nobody else could have played. Pacino owned Michael Corleone... but DeNiro could have owned it as well. Who else, though, but Val Kilmer could have nailed Jim Morrison? Does anyone besides Will Ferrell pull off Ron Burgundy?

We hope you now know whether to use Maroon or Burgundy in your sentence.

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