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Discolour vs Blacken - What's the difference?

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Discolour is a related term of blacken.


As verbs the difference between discolour and blacken

is that discolour is while blacken is to make black.

discolour

English

Verb

(en verb)

    • blacken

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make black.
  • To make dirty.
  • To defame or sully.
    • Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
  • To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
  • To become black.
    • The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.

    Synonyms

    * (make black ): black, denigrate * (make dirty ): dirty, soil * (defame ): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish