What's the difference between blazoning and gules?

Blazoning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blazon

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can almost hear some judge, nose wrinkled in disgust, saying the activities here should have been "reported to the proper authorities, not blazoned across the media".
  • (2) For nearly 80 years, the steel-and-concrete hospital, armoured in reddish-brown tapestry brick, blazoned with grey stone and towering over the neighbourhood, had defended those inside it against every capricious punch the Gulf's weather systems had thrown.
  • (3) "Women these days wear a virtual armour," he complained to Clive James in 1984, before providing a virtual blazon: "tights, panties, blue jeans, belt, as though they were afraid of constant aggression.
  • (4) Beyoncé, in the midst of an epic 15 minute medley at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music awards, performed her song “Flawless” in front of a giant screen blazoned with the word “FEMINIST”.
  • (5) Lucy is a raver and former wild-child, her laptop cover bearing a rainbow blazon of the Sanskrit word Om.

Gules


Definition:

  • (n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "First we need to address the basic structural issues of the Liyu police," Guled says.
  • (2) On a recent visit to the area, Olad Guled, a former civil servant in the region who has now left the country, says he believes it would be a waste of British taxpayers' money to fund human rights training for the Liyu.

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