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Flawless vs Blemished - What's the difference?

flawless | blemished |

As adjectives the difference between flawless and blemished

is that flawless is perfect; without flaws, shortcomings or defects ex allyson cutter while blemished is having blemishes; flawed.

As a verb blemished is

(blemish).

flawless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Perfect; without flaws, shortcomings or defects. Ex. Allyson Cutter
    • The pianist's performance this evening was flawless .
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25442148]", BBC Sport , 26 December 2013:
    • City's victory was secured in first-half injury time when Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet made a hash of his attempt to keep out Alvaro Negredo's chip, ensuring Manuel Pellegrini's side kept their flawless home league record.

    Antonyms

    * flawed

    Synonyms

    * impeccable * perfect * faultless * See also

    Related terms

    * flaw

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    blemished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blemish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having blemishes; flawed.
  • * 2001 , Robert Weissberg, Chapter 18: Academic Tyranny: The Tale and the Lessons'', Stuart S. Nagel (editor), ''Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation , page 111,
    • Stated sharply, today?s centers of higher learning are more blemished than superficial appearances suggest, and what often seems “democratic” is little more than contrived public displays.
  • * 2008 , Ritchie Devon Watson, Normans and Saxons: Southern Race Mythology and the Intellectual History of the American Civil War , page 65,
    • One of them in fact singled out Rebecca, not the marmoreal Rowena, as the novel?s most blemished character. “She is,” he complained, “too near perfection.”
  • * 2010 , Holly S. Ruddock, Life in Your Losses: Transformation Through Trials , page 186,
    • The most blemished' life will not keep His love from pouring out. It is the ' blemished and the marked, the hurting and the rejected that stirs this love in Him.

    Related terms

    * unblemished