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Fadeaway vs Vanish - What's the difference?

fadeaway | vanish |

As nouns the difference between fadeaway and vanish

is that fadeaway is an instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity while vanish is (phonetics) the brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

As a verb vanish is

to become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

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.
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    • , passage=He taunted the Knicks instead with hanging jumpers, impossible fadeaways and layups in traffic.}}

    vanish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished , pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
  • (lb) To become equal to zero.
  • :The function f(x)=x2 vanishes at x=0.

    • Synonyms

    * disappear

    Derived terms

    * vanishing spray

    Noun

    (vanishes)
  • (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
    • a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.
    o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
    (Rush)

    See also

    * glide (Webster 1913)