Piebald vs Polychromatic - What's the difference?
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Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
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(figuratively) Of mixed character, heterogeneous.
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Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured.
(physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength.
Piebald is a related term of polychromatic.
As adjectives the difference between piebald and polychromatic
is that piebald is spotted or blotched, especially in black and white while polychromatic is showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured.As a noun piebald
is an animal with piebald coloration.piebald
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "Well, isn't that just like a girl. All this round you, and you only see a bit of dust. It'll brush off." He patted ineffectually at his piebald shirt.
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- Usually, however, the hitcher was standing exactly where she'd first passed him, his arm perhaps just marginally less erect, his clothing (if rain was setting in) just that little bit more piebald .
- The classic example of a piebald dog is the Dalmatian.
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- And at the present day, the wanton introduction of scientific terms from the Greek and Latin, and of phrases from the French, threatens to render our tongue still more piebald , heterogeneous and unwieldy.
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- Hence you will make the piebald' Church more ' piebald than ever.
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- Out there on the stage is the largest — and most piebald — rock band in captivity.