Varnish vs Perish - What's the difference?
varnish | perish |
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.
To pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.
To die; to cease to live.
* 1719 ,
(obsolete) To cause to perish.
In lang=en terms the difference between varnish and perish
is that varnish is to gloss over a defect while perish is to die; to cease to live.As verbs the difference between varnish and perish
is that varnish is to apply varnish while perish is to pass away; to come to naught; to waste away; to decay and disappear.As a noun varnish
is a type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.varnish
English
Noun
(es)- the varnish of the holly and ivy
- And set a double varnish on the fame / The Frenchman gave you.
Verb
(es)Anagrams
* ----perish
English
Verb
(es)- ...the ship struck upon a sand, and ... the sea broke over her in such a manner that we expected we should all have perished immediately; and we were immediately driven into our close quarters, to shelter us from the very foam and spray of the sea.
- (Francis Bacon)