Veil vs Shade - What's the difference?
veil | shade |
Something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 51
* Milton
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
* Shakespeare
* 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence . p. 4.
The calyptra of mosses.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; -- called also velum.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul; a nun's veil; a paten veil; an altar veil; a Moslem veil.
(zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
To don, or garb with, a veil.
To conceal as with a veil.
(label) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
(label) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
(label) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
(label) A subtle variation in a concept.
* (Thomas De Quincey) (1785-1859)
* (1800-1859)
(label) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
* Agatha Christie, Miss Marple Tells a Story
A ghost.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
(label) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
(label) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Subtle insults.
To shield from light.
To alter slightly.
To vary slightly, particularly in color.
(intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
To darken, particularly in drawing.
(obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
* Spenser
As nouns the difference between veil and shade
is that veil is something hung up, or spread out, to hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material, to hide or protect the face while shade is darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.As verbs the difference between veil and shade
is that veil is to don, or garb with, a veil while shade is to shield from light.veil
English
Noun
(en noun)- The veil of the temple was rent in twain.
- She, as a veil down to the slender waist, / Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
- [I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.
- Beckett complains that "in the forest of symbols" there is never quiet, and longs to break through the veil of language to silence.
Verb
- The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
Anagrams
* * * * * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----shade
English
(wikipedia shade)Etymology 1
From (etyl) sceadu.Noun
- Thus light and colours, as white, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades , and mixtures, as green, scarlet, purple, sea-green, and the rest, come in only by the eyes
- new shades and combinations of thought
- Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
- Mrs. Rhodes who (so I gathered from Mr. Petherick's careful language) was perhaps just a shade of a hypochondriac, had retired to bed immediately after dinner.
- Swift as thought the flitting shade / Thro' air his momentary journey made.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) sceadwian.Verb
(shad)- The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
- You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
- Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
- The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
- Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
- I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
- Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
- [The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade / That part of Justice which is Equity.
