cerise vs red

cerise and red both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cerise	Yes	Yes	No	No
red	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, cerise and red are synonyms defined as:

cerise and red: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Other synonyms of cerise include blood-red, carmine, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet.

As nouns, red is a hypernym of cerise; that is, red is a word with a broader meaning than cerise:

Other hypernyms of cerise include redness.

cerise (noun)	red (noun)
a red the color of ripe cherries	red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
	emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
	the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

cerise (adjective)	red (adjective)
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies	(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
	of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
	characterized by violence or bloodshed