Tarnish vs Patina - What's the difference?
tarnish | patina |
Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
To soil, sully, damage or compromise
(figurative) To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
* Dryden
(originally) A paten, flat type of dish
The color or incrustation which age and wear give to (mainly metallic) objects; especially, the green rust which covers works of art such as ancient bronzes, coins and medals.
A green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
(figurative) A gloss or superficial layer.
* 2012 , Alison Winter, Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
Of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.
As nouns the difference between tarnish and patina
is that tarnish is oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air while patina is a paten, flat type of dish.As a verb tarnish
is to oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.As an adjective patina is
of a green colour, tinted with grey, like that of bronze patina.tarnish
English
Noun
(-)Verb
(es)- Careful storage of silver will prevent it from tarnishing .
- He is afraid that he will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees.
- Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright, / Grow stale and tarnish with our daily sight.
patina
English
(wikipedia patina)Noun
- It demonstrates how scientific authority could be constructed on the fly, as it were, by someone with no connections and no psychological credentials who offered a technique that had the patina of modern science