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Shade vs Slade - What's the difference?

shade | slade |

As nouns the difference between shade and slade

is that shade is darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked while slade is a valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.

As a verb shade

is to shield from light.

As a proper noun Slade is

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shade

English

(wikipedia shade)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sceadu.

Noun

  • (label) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
  • (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)
    • 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
  • (label) A subtle variation in a concept.
  • * (Thomas De Quincey) (1785-1859)
    • new shades and combinations of thought
  • * (1800-1859)
    • Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
  • (label) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
  • * Agatha Christie, Miss Marple Tells a Story
    • 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.
  • A ghost.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • Swift as thought the flitting shade / Thro' air his momentary journey made.
  • (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.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sceadwian.

    Verb

    (shad)
  • To shield from light.
    • The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
  • To alter slightly.
    • You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
    Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
  • To vary slightly, particularly in color.
    • The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
  • (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
    • Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
  • To darken, particularly in drawing.
    • I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
  • (obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
  • (obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
  • * Spenser
    • [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 * shady

    Related terms

    * shadow

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    slade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:Yet he slow in the slade of men of armys mo than syxty with his hondys.
  • (obsolete) The sole of a plough.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=1945-01-29, magazine=Time Magazine
    • , title= Pattern Prays , passage=The Bishop, wearing a gleaming cape of green and gold, raised his hand over the plough and the kneeling farmers: "God speed the plough: the beam and the mouldboard, the slade and the sidecap, the share and the coulters

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