Blend vs Blitz - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between blend and blitz

is that blend is a mixture of two or more things while blitz is a sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to The Blitz.

As verbs the difference between blend and blitz

is that blend is to mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other while blitz is to attack.

As a proper noun Blitz is

the series of air raids launched on various cities in Britain (not just London) by the German airforce in 1940-1. They were also known as the Baedeker Raids.

blend

English

Noun

(en noun)

A mixture of two or more things.

Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.

Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.

(linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch.

Synonyms

* (mixture ): combination, mix, mixture * (in linguistics ): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word

Verb

To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

To be mingled or mixed.

* Irving

There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.

* To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent - , 1884

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner

, title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close

(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

(Spenser)

Quotations

* (English Citations of "blend")

Derived terms

* blender * blended * blend in

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blitz

English

Noun

(blitzes)

A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to The Blitz.

(figuratively) A sudden effort, as a publicity blitz .

(American football) action of a defensive football player who rushes the passer of the football.

(chess) Blitz chess, a form of chess with a short time limit for moves.

A swift and overwhelming attack.

Synonyms

* (chess) speed chess

Verb

To attack.

(American football) To rush the passer.

(cooking) To or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.

To make nut roast, you have to blitz the nuts in the food processor before adding the parsley and breadcrumbs.

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