Lilac vs. Lavender

Lilacnoun

A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.

Lilacnoun

A flower of the lilac shrub.

Lilacnoun

(color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

Lilacadjective

(colour) having a pale purple colour.

Lilacnoun

A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and Syringa Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.

Lilacnoun

A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.

Lilacnoun

any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

Lilacadjective

of a pale purple color

Lilacnoun

a Eurasian shrub or small tree of the olive family, which has fragrant violet, pink, or white blossom and is a popular garden ornamental.

Lilacnoun

a pale pinkish-violet colour

Lavendernoun

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.

Lavendernoun

a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

Lavenderadjective

Having a pale purple colour.

Lavenderadjective

(politics) Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

Lavenderverb

(transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.

Lavendernoun

An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (Lavandula vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (Lavandula Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.

Lavendernoun

The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.

Lavendernoun

any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

Lavenderadjective

of a pale purple color

Lavendernoun

a small aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and bluish-purple flowers, used in perfumery and medicine.

Lavendernoun

a scented oil distilled from lavender flowers

Lavendernoun

used in names of plants similar to lavender, e.g. cotton lavender, sea lavender.

Lavendernoun

used in reference to effeminacy or homosexuality

Lavendernoun

used in reference to refinement or gentility

Lavendernoun

a pale blue colour with a trace of mauve

Lavenderverb

perfume with lavender