Difference between Periwinkle and Winkle

What is the difference between Periwinkle and Winkle?

Periwinkle as a noun is an evergreen plant of genus vinca with blue or white flowers. while Winkle as a noun is any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the united states, either of two species of fulgar (f. canaliculata and f. carica).

Periwinkle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an evergreen plant of genus Vinca with blue or white flowers. A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light. a mollusk of genus Littorina, sometimes called winkle

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of pale bluish purple colour.

Winkle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata and F. carica).(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.

We hope you now know whether to use Periwinkle or Winkle in your sentence.

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