Marron vs. Maroon — What's the Difference?

Marron is a name given to two closely related species of crayfish in Western Australia. Formerly considered a single species, it is now recognised as comprising two species, the critically endangered Cherax tenuimanus, and the species that is outcompeting it, C. cainii.Marron are considered a luxury product and are the subject of a developing aquaculture industry in Western Australia and other Australian states.

Maroon (US/UK mə-ROON, Australia mə-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown".

See sweet chestnut.

Of a brownish-red colour

A sweet chestnut.

A member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the British, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the Maroons.

Cherax tenuimanus, a species of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.

Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island

A large chestnut.

To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.

A chestnut color; maroon.

To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape

A paper or pasteboard box or shell, wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive, and ignited with a fuse, - used to make a noise like a cannon.

A fugitive black slave in the West Indies in the 1600s and 1700s.

A descendant of such a slave.

A person who is marooned, as on an island.

A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

(nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

An idiot; a fool.

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Of a maroon color

To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.

A person who is stranded (as on an island);

A dark purplish red to dark brownish red

An exploding firework used as a warning signal

Leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

Leave stranded on a desert island without resources;

Dark brownish to purplish red