Vanish vs Harsh - What's the difference?
vanish | harsh |
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished , pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
(lb) To become equal to zero.
:The function f(x)=x2 vanishes at x=0.
(phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
Severe or cruel.
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(slang) To negatively criticize.
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(slang) to put a damper on (a mood).
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As verbs the difference between vanish and harsh
is that vanish is to become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed while harsh is (slang) to negatively criticize.As a noun vanish
is (phonetics) the brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.As an adjective harsh is
unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.vanish
English
Verb
(es)Synonyms
* disappearDerived terms
* vanishing sprayNoun
(vanishes)- a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.
- o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
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See also
* glide (Webster 1913)harsh
English
Adjective
(er)citation, page= , passage=Great news for City, but the result was harsh on Neil Warnock's side who gave as good as they got even though the odds were stacked against them.}}
Antonyms
* genteelVerb
(es)- Quit harshing me already, I said that I was sorry!
- Dude, you're harshing my buzz.