Darken vs Overprint - What's the difference?
darken | overprint |
To make dark or darker by reducing light.
* Bible, Exodus x. 15
To become dark or darker (having less light).
To make dark or darker in colour.
To become dark or darker in colour.
To render gloomy, darker in mood
* Shakespeare
To become gloomy, darker in mood
To blind, impair eyesight
* Bible, Rom xi. 10
To be blinded, loose clear vision
To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
* Bible, Job xxxviii. 2
* Francis Bacon
To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
* Shakespeare
(philately) The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
To add an overprint.
To print too many copies of.
(printing) To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.
As verbs the difference between darken and overprint
is that darken is to make dark or darker by reducing light while overprint is to add an overprint.As a noun overprint is
(philately) the addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.darken
English
Verb
(en verb)- They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened .
- With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not / The mirth of the feast.
- Let their eyes be darkened , that they may not see.
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darken his foresight.
- I must not think there are / Evils enough to darken all his goodness.
Conjugation
(en-conj-simple)Derived terms
* darkener * darken someone's doorSynonyms
* blackenAnagrams
* * * * * English ergative verbsoverprint
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The unpopular comic book was overprinted , leaving many retailers with dozens of unsaleable copies.
