mauve vs purple

mauve and purple both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mauve	Yes	Yes	No	No
purple	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, purple is a hypernym of mauve; that is, purple is a word with a broader meaning than mauve:

Other hypernyms of mauve include purpleness.

mauve (noun)	purple (noun)
a moderate purple	(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
	a color between red and blue
	(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

mauve (adjective)	purple (adjective)
of a pale to moderate greyish violet color	of a color intermediate between red and blue
	belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
	excessively elaborate or showily expressed

mauve (verb)	purple (verb)
	color purple
	become purple