Orange vs. Red
Orangenoun
An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis.
Orangenoun
The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
Orangenoun
The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
Orangenoun
Orange juice.
Orangenoun
Orange coloured and flavoured cordial.
Orangenoun
Orange coloured and flavoured soft drink.
Orangeadjective
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
Orangeverb
(transitive) To color orange.
Orangeverb
(intransitive) To become orange.
Orangenoun
The fruit of a tree of the genus Citrus (Citrus Aurantium). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow when ripe.
Orangenoun
The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
Orangenoun
The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
Orangeadjective
Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
Orangenoun
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
Orangenoun
any of a range of colors between red and yellow
Orangenoun
any citrus tree bearing oranges
Orangenoun
any pigment producing the orange color
Orangenoun
a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
Orangeadjective
similar to the color of a ripe orange
Orangenoun
a town in southern France, on the River Rhône, home of the ancestors of the Dutch royal house.
Orangeadjective
relating to the Orange Order
Redadjective
Having red as its color.
Redadjective
(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
Redadjective
Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits
Redadjective
Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
Redadjective
the U.S. Republican party
Redadjective
Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Redadjective
Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations
Redadjective
(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
Redadjective
(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.
Rednoun
Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.
Rednoun
(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
Rednoun
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
Rednoun
Red wine.
Rednoun
A redshank.
Rednoun
An Amerind.
Rednoun
(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
Rednoun
(informal) A red light a traffic signal
Rednoun
red lemonade
Rednoun
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
Rednoun
chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")
Redverb
(archaic) rede
Red
imp. & p. p. of Read.
Redverb
To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; - generally with up; as, to red up a house.
Redadjective
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.
Rednoun
The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.
Rednoun
A red pigment.
Rednoun
An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
Rednoun
The menses.
Rednoun
the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Rednoun
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Rednoun
emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Rednoun
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;
Redadjective
having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Redadjective
characterized by violence or bloodshed;
Redadjective
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;
Redadjective
red with or characterized by blood;
Red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres.
