Shade vs Haze - What's the difference?
shade | haze |
(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).
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
(label) A subtle variation in a concept.
* (Thomas De Quincey) (1785-1859)
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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.
* Spenser
. (uncountable) Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
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* 1895 , H.G. Wells, :
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, title= (uncountable) A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
(uncountable, figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
* 1957 , (Daphne du Maurier), [http://books.google.com/books?id=cf4-iVG03pEC], ISBN 081221725X, page 218:
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(uncountable, engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
* 1998 , Leonard I. Nass and Charles A. Heiberger, Encyclopedia of PVC [http://books.google.com/books?id=mDe7EidmglIC&], ISBN 0824778227, page 318:
(countable, brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
* 1985 , Philip Jackisch, Modern Winemaking [http://books.google.com/books?id=Zf-24UvvT4oC], ISBN 0801414555, page 69:
To be hazy, or thick with haze.
(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
* 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter I:
As nouns the difference between shade and haze
is that shade is (label) darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked while haze is .As a verb shade
is to shield from light.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 wordshaze
English
(wikipedia haze)Alternative forms
* haseEtymology 1
* The earliest instances are of the latter part of the 17th century. * Possibly * Compare (etyl).
Noun
(en-noun)- Our hopes, however, soon vanished; for before eight o'clock, the serenity of the sky was changed into a thick haze , accompanied with rain.
- A blue haze , half dust, half mist, touched the long valley with mystery.
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- In my haze of alcohol, I thought for one crazy instant that he had plumbed my secret.
- Haze is listed as a percent value and, typically, is about 1% for meat film.
- Various clarifying and fining agents are used in winemaking to remove hazes .
Derived terms
* haze over * hazyVerb
(haz)- (Ray)