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Discoloured vs Distained - What's the difference?

discoloured | distained |

As adjectives the difference between discoloured and distained

is that discoloured is an alternative spelling of lang=en while distained is stained, discoloured, tarnished.

As verbs the difference between discoloured and distained

is that discoloured is past tense of discolour while distained is past tense of distain.

discoloured

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (discolour)

    • distained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rare) (distain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) stained, discoloured, tarnished
  • :"The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained ." (Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde ).