Blush vs. Rouge — What's the Difference?

A slight tinge or hint of color.

A red cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.

Show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face

A red powder, used for polishing.

Be or become pink or pale red

A deceitful or dishonest person (dated usage).

A reddening of the face as a sign of shyness, embarrassment, or shame

Any of various red cosmetics.

A pink or pale red tinge

To color with rouge.

A wine with a slight pink tint made in the manner of white wine but from red grape varieties

A red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips

Another term for blusher (sense 1)

Short for jeweller's rouge

To become red in the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame; flush.

(in Canadian football) a single point awarded when the receiving team fails to run a kick out of its own end zone.

To become red or rosy.

Colour with rouge

To feel embarrassed or ashamed

(of wine) red.

A reddening of the face, especially from modesty, embarrassment, or shame.

A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.

A red or rosy color

A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.

A glance, look, or view

To put rouge onto

Makeup used on the face and especially on the cheekbones to give a usually rosy tint. Also called blusher.

To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic

An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.

To use rouge.

A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.

Of a reddish pink colour.

(figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.

Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

Any reddish pink colour.

A color between pink and cream.

(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.)

A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.

(obsolete) In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.

The collective noun for a group of boys.

In the Eton College field game, a scoring move accomplished by touching the ball down behind the opponents' goal-line (somewhat similar to the try in rugby). Originally, the player who scored the rouge had a chance to kick a goal, and the rouge was used as a tie-breaker if an equal number of goals was scored by each side. In the contemporary Eton College field game, a five-point score is 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.

(intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

(obsolete) From 1862 to 1868, a similar scoring move in Sheffield rules football. From 1862 to 1867, accomplished by touching the ball down after it had been kicked between two "rouge flags" either side of the goal. From 1867-1868, awarded for kicking the ball between the rouge flags and under the crossbar.

To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something).

A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.

(intransitive) To become red.

(ambitransitive) To apply rouge (makeup).

(transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.

Red.

(copulative) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).

A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.

(transitive) To express or make known by blushing.

A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.

(intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.

To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.

To glance with the eye, cast a glance.

To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.

Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions.

Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

Redden by applying rouge to;

To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

To express or make known by blushing.

A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

Become rosy or reddish;

A reddening of the face due to emotion.

A cosmetic product used to give color to the cheeks.

A feeling of shame or embarrassment.

To become red in the face, typically from embarrassment.

Somewhat. In modern American English, "blush" is more commonly used for the cosmetic. "Rouge" is older and less frequent.

Yes, "rouging" means applying rouge, especially to the cheeks.

Yes, in cosmetics, "blush" can come in various shades, not just red.

It's a physiological response, often linked to emotions like embarrassment, excitement, or attraction.

No, blushing can occur due to various emotions, including happiness or excitement.

Historically, rouge was for cheeks and lips, but modern usage mainly associates it with cheeks.

Not exactly. While both can refer to cosmetics, "blush" can also denote natural reddening, whereas "rouge" is specifically a red cosmetic.

Absolutely. Cosmetics have no gender; anyone can wear rouge or blush.

Yes, "to blush" means to turn red, often due to emotion.

Primarily, but it can also refer to a polishing compound or, in dated usage, a deceitful person.