pink vs purplish pink

purplish pink vs pink

pink and purplish pink both are nouns.

pink is an adjective but purplish pink is not an adjective.

pink is a verb but purplish pink is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pink	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
purplish pink	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, purplish pink is a hyponym of pink; that is, purplish pink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pink:

pink: a light shade of red
purplish pink: a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino

Other hyponyms of pink include pinkness, carnation, rose, rosiness, solferino, apricot, peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink, coral.

pink (noun)	purplish pink (noun)
a light shade of red	a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
a person with mildly leftist political views
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

pink (adjective)	purplish pink (adjective)
of a light shade of red

pink (verb)	purplish pink (verb)
cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
make light, repeated taps on a surface
sound like a car engine that is firing too early

Difference between pink and purplish pink

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