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Fading vs Colorfast - What's the difference?

fading | colorfast |

As a verb fading

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun fading

is the act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.

As an adjective colorfast is

having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.

fading

English

Verb

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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-10-19, volume=409, issue=8858, magazine=(The Economist), author=Banyan
  • , title= The meaning of Sachin , passage=With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.
  • * 1854 , (Herman Melville), (Israel Potter)
  • (obsolete) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • Fading is a fine jig.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • delicate burthens of dildos and fadings
    (Webster 1913)

    colorfast

    English

    Alternative forms

    * colourfast

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.