Shade vs Cover - What's the difference?
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(label) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
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(label) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
(label) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
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(label) A subtle variation in a concept.
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(label) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
* Agatha Christie, Miss Marple Tells a Story
A ghost.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
(label) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
(label) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Subtle insults.
To shield from light.
To alter slightly.
To vary slightly, particularly in color.
(intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
To darken, particularly in drawing.
(obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
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A lid.
A hiding from view.
A front and back of a book or magazine.
A top sheet of a bed.
A cover charge.
A setting at a restaurant table or formal .
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, chapter=1 (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
(topology) A set (more often known as a family ) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
(legal) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
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To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
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To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
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To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
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*:the powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland
(label) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
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To deal with.
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To be enough money for.
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(label) To act as a replacement.
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(label) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
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(label) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or'' to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; ''or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
To provide insurance coverage for.
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To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
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To protect or control (a piece or square).
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In transitive terms the difference between shade and cover
is that shade is to darken, particularly in drawing while cover is to have as an assignment or responsibility.In intransitive terms the difference between shade and cover
is that shade is to vary slightly, particularly in color while cover is to act as a replacement.As an adjective cover is
of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.shade
English
(wikipedia shade)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sceadu.Noun
- Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades , and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes
- new shades and combinations of thought
- Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
- Mrs. Rhodes who (so I gathered from Mr. Petherick's careful language) was perhaps just a shade of a hypochondriac, had retired to bed immediately after dinner.
- Swift as thought the flitting shade / Thro' air his momentary journey made.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sceadwian.Verb
(shad)- The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
- You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
- Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
- The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
- Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
- I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
- Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
- [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade / That part of Justice which is Equity.
Derived terms
* (l)Derived terms
* lampshade * made in the shade * nightshade * shader * shading * shadyAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordscover
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(wikipedia cover)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
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Derived terms
* cover board * cover charge * cover letter * cover story * cover version * take cover * tonneau coverAdjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)Charles T. Ambrose
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