The difference between Blush and Rouge
When used as nouns, blush means an act of blushing, whereas rouge means red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks.
When used as verbs, blush means to become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment, whereas rouge means to apply rouge (makeup).
Rouge is also adjective with the meaning: of a reddish pink colour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Blush and Rouge
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Blush as a noun:
An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.
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Blush as a noun:
A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.
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Blush as a noun (figuratively):
Feeling or appearance of optimism.
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Blush as a noun (uncountable, countable):
A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.
Examples:
"synonyms: blusher rouge"
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Blush as a noun:
A color between pink and cream.
Examples:
"color paneFAD1B1"
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Blush as a noun (chiefly, US):
A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.
Examples:
"synonyms: blush wine rosé"
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Blush as a verb (intransitive):
To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.
Examples:
"synonyms: go red"
"The love scene made him blush to the roots of his hair / to the tips of his ears."
"He wasn't used to this much attention, so he blushed as he saw dozens of pairs of eyes watching him."
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Blush as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):
To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something).
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Blush as a verb (intransitive):
To become red.
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Blush as a verb (transitive):
To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.
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Blush as a verb (transitive):
To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).
Examples:
"When he saw it, he blushed a beet red."
"I wasn't surprised, but it was embarrassing enough that I blushed a little pink."
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Blush as a verb (transitive):
To express or make known by blushing.
Examples:
"Looking at me with a knowing glare, she blushed her discomfort with the situation."
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Blush as a verb (intransitive):
To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.
Examples:
"The garden was full of blossoms that blushed in myriad shades to form a beautiful carpet of color."
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Blush as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To glance with the eye, cast a glance.
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Blush as a noun:
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Examples:
"A blush of boys."
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Rouge as an adjective:
Of a reddish pink colour.
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Rouge as a noun:
Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
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Rouge as a noun:
Any reddish pink colour.
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Rouge as a noun (Canadian football):
A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored. (This scoring term is not often used in Canada, with the term single being more commonly used.)
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Rouge as a noun (obsolete):
In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
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Rouge as a noun:
In the Eton College field game a five-point score awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball. Also, from 1862 to 1868, a similar scoring move in Sheffield rules football.
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Rouge as a noun (chemistry, archaic):
A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
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Rouge as a verb (ambitransitive):
To apply rouge (makeup).
Examples:
"She rouged her face before setting out for the party."