Pastel vs Whitewash - What's the difference?
pastel | whitewash |
Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
A drawing made with any of those colors.
A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
A crayon made from such a paste.
A lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.
* 1952 : For walls plaster gave a smooth white surface; or if it was not sufficiently white, or had become discoloured, it could be brightened up with a coat of whitewash or paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 157.
(sports) A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep.
* 2010 , Andrew Miller, Cricinfo :
(obsolete) Any liquid composition for whitening something, such as a wash for making the skin fair.
To paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.
(idiomatic) To cover over errors or bad actions.
(dated) To repay the financial debts of (another person).
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To prevent a team from scoring any runs.
(acting) To choose white film or television actors to portray characters that were Asian, African, or other races.
(pejorative) To make over (an Asian, African, or person of another race, especially a woman) to look Caucasian.
As nouns the difference between pastel and whitewash
is that pastel is any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender while whitewash is a lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.As a verb whitewash is
to paint over with a lime and water mixture so as to brighten up a wall or fence.pastel
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(wikipedia whitewash)Noun
(es)- For the first time in a long time, Australia are being threatened with the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash
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(es)- The houses looked very bright when they whitewashed the whole neighborhood .
- In his sermon, the minister didn't try to whitewash over the sins of his church .