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Bleach vs Bleacher - What's the difference?

bleach | bleacher |

As nouns the difference between bleach and bleacher

is that bleach is (uncountable) a chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening or bleach can be an act of bleaching; exposure to the sun or bleach can be a disease of the skin while bleacher is one who, or that which, bleaches.

As a adjective bleach

is (archaic) pale; bleak.

As a verb bleach

is to treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc) or lighten (hair).

bleach

English

(wikipedia bleach)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bleche (also bleke), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (archaic) Pale; bleak.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) blechen, from (etyl) (English blake; compare also bleak).

    Verb

  • To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
  • * Ure
    • The destruction of the colouring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid.
  • * Smollett
    • Immortal liberty, whose look sublime / Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.
  • (intransitive, biology, of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
    • Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.
    Synonyms
    * blanch

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.
  • (countable) A variety of bleach.
    • Derived terms
    * bleachfield

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) bleche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (bleaches)
  • An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.

    • Etymology 4

    From (etyl) bleche, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (bleaches)
  • A disease of the skin.

    • bleacher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, bleaches.
  • (US, usually in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators.
  • *1999 , Jim Puhalla, Jeff Krans, Mike Goatley, Sports Fields: A Manual for Design, Construction and Maintenance - Page 371 :
    • Warnings such as "watch your step" can be provided when there is a small step off a bleacher to the pavement or ground level.
  • *2004 , Josh Pahigian, Kevin O'Connell, The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip :
    • We prefer bleacher' seats to Grandstand Sections 1-9 . And in truth, quite a few '''bleacher''' seats offer a better view of the action than the Right Field Boxes do. ' Bleacher seats are made of comfortable plastic, [...]
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