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Besmeared vs Stained - What's the difference?

besmeared | stained | Related terms |

As verbs the difference between besmeared and stained

is that besmeared is past tense of besmear while stained is past tense of stain.

As an adjective stained is

having a stain.

besmeared

English

Verb

(head)
  • (besmear)

    • besmear

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To smear over; smear all over; sully.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , author = (William Stukeley) , title = , year = 1734 , page = 57 , passage = ...carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move. }}
  • :* {{quote-news
    • , date=2012-01-26 , first=Mike Allen , last=Jim Vandehei , authorlink= , coauthor= , title=Drudge, conservative media criticize Newt Gingrich , newspaper=Politico , city= , publisher= , quotee= citation , page= , passage=His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces,… }}

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    stained

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a stain
  • coloured by adding a pigment

    • Derived terms

    * stained glass

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stain)

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