Sprinkle vs Designate - What's the difference?
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(lb) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
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*(Bible), (w) xiv. 16
*:And the priest shallsprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
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*:At twilight in the summeron the floor.
(lb) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
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*2005 , Justus Roux, Who's Your Daddy? , page 66:
*:Most of the passengers watched from the enclosed promenade deck, but Sandra found her way to the higher, open promenade where she shivered and watched the city lights fade and the stars sprinkle themselves across a dark blue velvet sky.
(lb) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
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(lb) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
*(Bible), (w) x. 22
*:having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience
A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
A light rain shower.
Designated; appointed; chosen.
To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
* 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Sprinkle is a related term of designate.
As verbs the difference between sprinkle and designate
is that sprinkle is (lb) to cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance) while designate is to mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.As a noun sprinkle
is a light covering with a sprinkled substance.As an adjective designate is
designated; appointed; chosen.sprinkle
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(sprinkl)Quotations
* 1893 , Edward F. Bigelow (editor and publisher), The Observer: a Medium of Interchange of Observations for all Students and Lovers of Nature , volume IV, number 4, page 114: *: There is no more beautiful object in the still and shady aisles of the wood than a great patch of the deep green hairy cap moss studded and starred by these little roses that are often scattered over it as thickly as the stars sprinkle the sky. * April 26th, 1899', ''Memorial Day Oration'' of General P. McGlashan, printed in '''1902 in ''Addresses delivered before the Confederate Veterans Association of Savannah by that association: *: As I laid him back on the litter he threw out his arms and clasped me around my neck, drew me towards him and kissed me, saying: "Colonel, I love you." [...] Unnumbered instances like this might be recounted did the time permit it. They sprinkle the whole four years as the stars sprinkle the sky. * 2010 , Donald E. MacKay, Love Is Stronger Than Death , page 91: *: [...] she will remember his words and gaze at the stars. One dark night when the stars sprinkle the heavens, she would call out to the stars and ask the same questions her benefactor had asked; perhaps she will be favored with answers.Derived terms
* sprinklerNoun
(en noun)- He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
Synonyms
* (light covering with a sprinkled substance) sprinklingDerived terms
* sugar sprinklesdesignate
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(-)Verb
(designat)- "Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel.