Streak vs Swath - What's the difference?
streak | swath |
An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
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, title= A continuous series of like events.
The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
A moth of the family Geometridae .
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A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
(shipbuilding) A strake.
A rung or round of a ladder.
To have or obtain streaks.
(slang) To run naked in public.
To create streaks.
To move very swiftly.
(obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
(often, figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse.
* {{quote-news, author=(Jesse Jackson), title=In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever, work=(The Guardian) (London), date=20 February 2015
, passage=It is undeniable that Malcolm was a beacon of huge strength in his lifetime. He could connect with swaths of people when others could not. }}
As a noun streak
is an irregular line left from smearing or motion.As a verb streak
is to have or obtain streaks.streak
English
(wikipedia streak)Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Derived terms
* streak of good luckVerb
(en verb)- If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
- It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
- You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
See also
* losing streak * streaker * winning streak * talk a blue streakAnagrams
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Alternative forms
* swatheNoun
(en noun)- Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans, such as Canal Street seen here, are still submerged in water.
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