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Vignette vs Noisome - What's the difference?

vignette | noisome |

As a noun vignette

is sticker, adhesive label.

As an adjective noisome is

morally hurtful or noxious.

vignette

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
  • (printing) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
  • (by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
  • (by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
  • The small picture on a postage stamp.
  • (photography) The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
  • Derived terms

    * vignetter * vignettist

    See also

    * colophon * coronis

    Verb

    (vignett)
  • To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
  • Derived terms

    * vignetting ----

    noisome

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Morally hurtful or noxious.
  • Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
  • Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous; foul, fetid, especially having an undesirable smell; sickening, nauseating.
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