Tarnish vs Scandal - What's the difference?
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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
An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:O, what a scandal is it to our crown, / That two such noble peers as ye should jar!
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*:Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability:.
Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
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(lb) Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
(lb) Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
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*1855 , Anthony Trollope, The Warden ,
*:Scandal' at Barchester affirmed that had it not been for the beauty of his daughter, Mr. Harding would have remained a minor canon; but here probably '''Scandal''' lied, as she so often does; for even as a minor canon no one had been more popular among his reverend brethren in the close, than Mr. Harding; and ' Scandal , before she had reprobated Mr. Harding for being made precentor by his friend the bishop, had loudly blamed the bishop for having so long omitted to do something for his friend Mr. Harding.
(obsolete) To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To scandalize; to offend.
Tarnish is a related term of scandal.
As nouns the difference between tarnish and scandal
is that tarnish is oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air while scandal is an incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.As verbs the difference between tarnish and scandal
is that tarnish is to oxidize or discolor due to oxidation while scandal is (obsolete) to treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander.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.
scandal
English
(wikipedia scandal)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals , fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic
Derived terms
* scandalize * scandalization * scandalmonger * scandal of particularity * scandalous * scandalousness * scandal sheetVerb
- I do fawn on men and hug them hard / And after scandal them.
- (Bishop Story)