Stain vs Filipin - What's the difference?
stain | filipin |
A discoloured spot or area.
A blemish on one's character or reputation.
A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
To discolour something
To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
* Milton
To coat a surface with a stain
To treat a microscope specimen with a dye
To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Spenser
A potent antifungal chemical first isolated from the actinomycete Streptomyces filipinensis , widely used as a histochemical stain for cholesterol.
As a noun stain
is .As an adjective filipin is
(of or pertaining to the philippines or its people).stain
English
(wikipedia stain)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l) * Giemsa stain * Leishman stain * Romanowsky stain * Wright-Giemse stain * Wright's stainVerb
(en verb)- to stain the hand with dye
- armour stained with blood
- Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained .
- to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
- the stained glass used for church windows
- She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
- that did all other beasts in beauty stain