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Disappear vs Fadeaway - What's the difference?

disappear | fadeaway |

As a verb disappear

is to vanish.

As a noun fadeaway is

an instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.

disappear

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To vanish.
  • (label) To make vanish.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1973, author=Joseph Heller, chapter=38 Kid Sister
    • , title= Catch 22: A Dramatization , genre=Fiction, publisher=Delacorte Press, passage="Did they disappear' him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to ' disappear you?"}}
  • (label) To go away; to become lost.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared .}}

    Synonyms

    * (to vanish) dematerialize, vanish

    Antonyms

    * (to vanish) appear

    Related terms

    * disappearance

    Anagrams

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    fadeaway

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.
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  • (basketball) a jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 3, author=Howard Beck, title=Bryant Puts on a Show, Setting Garden Records, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He taunted the Knicks instead with hanging jumpers, impossible fadeaways and layups in traffic.}}