Cardinal vs. Crimson — What's the Difference?

Of foremost importance; paramount

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose.

Dark to deep or vivid red.

Of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple

Abbr. Card. Roman Catholic Church A high church official, ranking just below the pope, who has been appointed by a pope to membership in the College of Cardinals.

A rich deep red colour inclining to purple

A dark to deep or vivid red.

(of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment

A North American bird (Cardinalis cardinalis) having a crested head, a short thick bill, and bright red plumage in the male.

A deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red.

A short hooded cloak, originally of scarlet cloth, worn by women in the 1700s.

To make or become deeply or vividly red.

A cardinal number.

A deep, slightly bluish red.

Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.

Having a deep red colour.

(nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).

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Describing a "natural" number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.

(intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.

Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).

(transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

(Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.)

A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

Any of a genus of songbirds of the finch family, Cardinalis.

Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.

Any of various related passerine birds of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia article on cardinals) and other similar birds that were once considered to be related.

To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

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To become crimson; to blush.

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A deep and vivid red

(grammar) dot=, a word used to represent a cardinal number.

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

(Lobelia cardinalis), a flowering plant.

Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

(Paracheirodon axelrodi), a freshwater fish.

Characterized by violence or bloodshed;

A woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth.

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

(obsolete) Mulled red wine.

Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal.

One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Mulled red wine.

The cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.

(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes

The number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

A variable color averaging a vivid red

Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

Serving as an essential component;

Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;