Tinge vs Pervade - What's the difference?
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A small amount of something, especially of an added color.
The degree of vividness of a color; shade, hue or tint.
To add a small amount of color; to tint.
To imbue or impregnate.
* Addison
To be in every part of; to spread through
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*:"I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places."
As verbs the difference between tinge and pervade
is that tinge is to add a small amount of color; to tint while pervade is to be in every part of; to spread through.As a noun tinge
is a small amount of something, especially of an added color.tinge
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
- His virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance.