What's the difference between brownish and puce?

Brownish


Definition:

  • (a.) Somewhat brown.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the brownish skin and in the black spots of the dorsal region all types of chromatophores are found.
  • (2) The cases found positive by IHC showed brownish nuclei of the epithelium and those positive in ISH showed purple to purplish-black nuclei.
  • (3) In both cases, blue-brownish pigmentation appeared symmetrically on the skin of the head.
  • (4) When it comes to poor, brownish people, not so much.
  • (5) Following exposure to the sun, painful urticarial plaques developed at the sites of intramuscular injections, and spread to the lumbar and abdominal regions, leaving a brownish pigmentation which persisted for years.
  • (6) Subjects who developed dark brownish discoloration on the facial surfaces of their anterior teeth during a 3-week period following professional cleaning of the teeth were selected for study.
  • (7) Five patients are reported in whom brownish grey discoloration occurred on the light-exposed parts of the dermis after long-term amiodarone-medication.
  • (8) The diagnosis was based on the specific and pathognomonic symptoms: lesions of the pale parts of the skin due to photosensitization, brownish discolouration of the teeth and urine, overall wasting and retardation of growth.
  • (9) We report on a Japanese girl with short stature, malar hypoplasia, up-slanting palpebral fissures, blue sclerae and thin, stiff and slightly brownish hair.
  • (10) The lesions appeared brownish black, and most were variegated from tan to black.
  • (11) A choroidal lesion with brownish pigmentation and retinal detachment around it was found, located nasally of the optic disk.
  • (12) Owing to this brownish pigmentation bile depositions are distinguishable from the other mentioned liver cell inclusions under the light microscope.
  • (13) We suggest that round, brownish urine crystals, even without radiolucent kidney stones, should alert the physician to search for the existence of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine.
  • (14) In most cases the lesions consisted of erythematous brownish plaques with an annular configuration.
  • (15) Evidently, when the fluid is brownish, simple visual examination does not suffice for distinguishing meconium from old blood or other pigments.
  • (16) In chromatogrammes the forat compound appears as a tile red portion with a darker peripheral part and Rf = 0.61, and phenothion--in yellow, with a brownish halo and Rf = 0.41.
  • (17) At operation, these lesions appeared yellowish, brownish, grey or black in colour, and contained dirty or muddy material.
  • (18) It is known that hyaluronic acid is present in stone matrix, that calcium containing stones contain proteins rich in acidic amino acids, and that the external color of calcium oxalate monohydrate calculi is usually brownish.
  • (19) Brownish pus discharges from her umbilicus were recognized by manual compression of the lower abdominal mass.
  • (20) The underside of the mature colony is brownish red.

Puce


Definition:

  • (a.) Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And, yes, he could also look splendidly odd, with his windbeaten thatch of sandy hair, porcine eyes and a freckled face that would glow puce and glossy with rage.
  • (2) Formation of the light harvesting complex B800-850 (LHII) of Rhodobacter capsulatus requires the expression of more than the three known genes specific for that complex (pucA, pucB and pucE) encoding the alpha, beta and gamma subunits of LHII, respectively.
  • (3) To dissect the pucC, pucD and pucE genes from pucB and pucA and independently regulate them, they were placed under control of the nifHDK promoter.
  • (4) We love to categorise: Amis is the money-grubbing bloke who needed a big advance to fix his dodgy teeth; Stoppard is that clever fellow with a neat line in cod Shakespeare; Pinter is the chap who goes puce, tells journalists to fuck off, and is forever banging on about Iraq or the Kurds or the iniquities of US imperialism.
  • (5) Vote Leave, remember, was meant to be the moderate, judicious voice of Euroscepticism, distinct in manner and content from the vulgar nationalism conveyed by swivel-eyed, puce-cheeked Kippers.
  • (6) When submerged in red wine, her majesty’s face on the current paper notes goes a puce colour, but stays fresh on polymer, and can just be wiped clean.
  • (7) Analysis of the pucD and pucE genes led to the conclusion that the products of these genes stabilize the B800-850 complex.
  • (8) As the anguished, bearded face of the new marketing manager went puce with the effects of excess cocaine and the camera stayed right on him, it became apparent to me that this was art of a very high order indeed.
  • (9) Saturdays, ville-saintes.fr charentais Porte de Vanves flea market, Paris Photograph: Alamy The Porte de Vanves marché aux puces is still peopled by locals eager to help you practise your French.

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