aubergine vs. eggplant

aubergine

noun

  1. Chiefly British. eggplant.
  2. a dark purplish color.

eggplant

noun

  1. a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
  2. the fruit of this plant used as a table vegetable.
  3. a blackish purple color; aubergine.