Difference between Purple and Maroon

What is the difference between Purple and Maroon?

Purple as a noun is a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. while Maroon as a noun is an escaped negro slave of the caribbean and the americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.

Purple

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To turn purple in colour.

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.

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

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