Haloed vs Halved - What's the difference?
haloed | halved |
(halo)
encircled with a halo
(astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
(astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
To encircle with a halo.
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(halve)
To reduce to half the original amount.
To divide into two halves.
To make up half of.
* M. Arnold
(architecture) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
As verbs the difference between haloed and halved
is that haloed is (halo) while halved is (halve).As an adjective haloed
is encircled with a halo.haloed
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(wikipedia halo)Noun
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* (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbusDerived terms
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* English nouns with irregular plurals ----halved
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(head)halve
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(halv)- So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.
