Glaze vs Varnish - What's the difference?
glaze | varnish |
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See (transitive verb).
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
An edible coating applied to food.
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
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To become glazed or glassy.
For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
* Macaulay
(by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
* Shakespeare
To apply varnish.
To cover up with varnish.
To gloss over a defect.
In transitive terms the difference between glaze and varnish
is that glaze is to install windows while varnish is to gloss over a defect.In intransitive terms the difference between glaze and varnish
is that glaze is for eyes to take on an uninterested appearance while varnish is to apply varnish.glaze
English
Etymology 1
First attested in 1784 in reference to ice. From the verb.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From Middle English glasen'' ("to fit with glass"). Either a continuation of an unattested Old English weak verb ''*glæsan'', or coined in Middle English as a compound of ''glas'' and ''-en (standard infinitive suffix). Probably influenced in Modern English by glazen.Verb
(glaz)References
* Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]Anagrams
* ----varnish
English
Noun
(es)- the varnish of the holly and ivy
- And set a double varnish on the fame / The Frenchman gave you.