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Hug vs Hue - What's the difference?

hug | hue |

As nouns the difference between hug and hue

is that hug is an affectionate close embrace while hue is form; appearance; guise.

As a verb hug

is to crouch; huddle as with cold.

As a proper noun Hue is

a notable port city in central Vietnam.

hug

English

(wikipedia hug)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An affectionate close embrace.
  • Verb

    (hugg)
  • (obsolete) To crouch; huddle as with cold.
  • (Palsgrave)
  • To cling closely together.
  • To embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
  • To stay close to (the shore etc.)
  • * , chapter=8
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
  • (figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
  • * Glanvill
  • We hug deformities if they bear our names.

    Synonyms

    * accoll (obsolete) * coll * embrace

    See also

    * cuddle * huggle * kiss * snuggle * squeeze

    Derived terms

    * body-hugging ----

    hue

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hewe, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.
  • A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
  • * 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)
  • A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvelous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
  • The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
  • In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
  • (figuratively) A character; aspect.
  • Derived terms
    * hued

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hu, a hunting cry.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A shout or cry.
  • Derived terms
    * hue and cry

    Anagrams

    * ----