Bleach vs Food - What's the difference?
bleach | food |
(archaic) Pale; bleak.
To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
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* Smollett
(intransitive, biology, of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.
(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.
An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.
A disease of the skin.
(uncountable) Any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
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Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (countable) A foodstuff.
(uncountable, figuratively) Anything that nourishes or sustains.
* (and other bibiographic particulars) (William Shakespeare)
* (and other bibiographic particulars) (William Wordsworth)
In uncountable terms the difference between bleach and food
is that bleach is a chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening while food is any substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.In countable terms the difference between bleach and food
is that bleach is a variety of bleach while food is a foodstuff.As an adjective bleach
is 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)Etymology 2
From (etyl) blechen, from (etyl) (English blake; compare also bleak).Verb
- 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.
- Immortal liberty, whose look sublime / Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.
- Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.
Synonyms
* blanchNoun
Derived terms
* bleachfieldEtymology 3
From (etyl) bleche, from (etyl) .Noun
(bleaches)Etymology 4
From (etyl) bleche, from (etyl) .Noun
(bleaches)food
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
- Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.
- This may prove food to my displeasure.
- In this moment there is life and food / For future years.