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Faded vs Farded - What's the difference?

faded | farded |

As verbs the difference between faded and farded

is that faded is (fade) while farded is (fard).

As an adjective faded

is that has lost some of its former colour or intensity.

faded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fade)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has lost some of its former colour or intensity.

    • Derived terms

    * fadedly * fadedness

    farded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fard)

    • fard

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * ** faird * ** feard

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
  • * 1791 , John Whitaker, Rev. Gibbon’s Decline and Fall
    • Painted with French fard .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To paint, as the face or cheeks.
  • * Zachary Boyd
    • The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel.
  • (archaic) To gloss over or embellish.
  • * 1606 , William Birnie, The blame of kirk-buriall
    • Our funerals wherewith we but feard death.
  • * 1816 , Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord
    • Nor will my conscience permit me to fard or daub over the causes of divine wrath.

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology at ferd. Closely cognate to Scots faird.

    Alternative forms

    * ** farde * ** ferde * (Scottish) ** faird

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Force of movement, impetus, rush, violent onset.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill
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