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Stained vs Distained - What's the difference?

stained | distained |

As adjectives the difference between stained and distained

is that stained is having a stain while distained is stained, discoloured, tarnished.

As verbs the difference between stained and distained

is that stained is past tense of stain while distained is past tense of distain.

stained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a stain
  • coloured by adding a pigment

    • Derived terms

    * stained glass

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stain)

    • Anagrams

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    distained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rare) (distain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) stained, discoloured, tarnished
  • :"The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained ." (Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde ).