Glade vs Den - What's the difference?
glade | den |
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
* 2003 , Newsweek, Travel:
* 1851 ,
(colloquial) An everglade.
an open space in the ice on a river or lake
a bright surface of snow/ice ... a glade of ice
(obsolete) a gleam of light; see moonglade
(obsolete) a bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.
(a unit of weight)
As nouns the difference between glade and den
is that glade is an open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest while den is a small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.As a verb den is
to ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.As an abbreviation den is
abbreviation of lang=en (a unit of weight.As a proper noun Den is
a diminutive of the male given name Dennis.glade
English
(wikipedia glade)Noun
(en noun)In The Trees, Nov 23, 2003
- ... are creating more "glades ," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.
- [...] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.
- In the latter days of a ferocious winter, the sun dropped earthwards, having on this day pulled clear of its sluggish trajectory casting a few meek rays on the redoubtable snow and frost of the mountain glade . — Vignette:
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* (English Citations of "glade")Derived terms
* moonglade * sungladeReferences
den
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a den of robbers
- Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
- a den of vice
- an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
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