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Sunglasses vs Shades - What's the difference?

sunglasses | shades | Synonyms |

Shades is a synonym of sunglasses.



As nouns the difference between sunglasses and shades

is that sunglasses is tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun while shades is plural of lang=en.

As a verb shades is

third-person singular of shade.

sunglasses

English

Alternative forms

* sun-glasses

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun.
  • (colloquial) A person wearing sunglasses
  • * 2011 , - (We Are Young)
    • My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar

    Synonyms

    * shades (slang) * sunnies (Australian slang)

    shades

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly, slang) sunglasses
    • His shades are by some famous designer.

    Synonyms

    * (sunglasses) sunglasses, sunnies (Australian English)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shade)

    • Anagrams

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