different between blemish vs locality
blemish
English
Etymology
From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmjan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmi (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English ?blered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bl?m??/
- Hyphenation: blem?ish
Noun
blemish (plural blemishes)
- A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
- 1769, Oxford Standard Text, King James Bible, Leviticus, 22, xix,
- Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
- 1997, Jean Soler, 5: The Semiotics of Food in the Bible, Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik (editors), Food and Culture: A Reader, page 61,
- Any foot shape deviating from this model is conceived as a blemish, and the animal is unclean.
- 2003, A. K. Forrest, Chapter 6: Surface Defect Detection on Ceramics, Mark Graves, Bruce Batchelor (editors), Machine Vision for the Inspection of Natural Products, page 193,
- There are a very large number of types of blemish and the smallest blemish visible to a human can be surprisingly small, for example less than 10?m deep, which may be on the surface of a heavily embossed tile.
- 1769, Oxford Standard Text, King James Bible, Leviticus, 22, xix,
- A moral defect; a character flaw.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Related terms
- blemished (adjective)
- blemishless
- blemishment
Translations
Verb
blemish (third-person singular simple present blemishes, present participle blemishing, simple past and past participle blemished)
- To spoil the appearance of.
- 2009, Michael A. Kirkman, Chapter 2: Global Markets fo Processed Potato Products, Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur (editors), Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology, page 40,
- Generally, varieties in current use for processing are resilient, if not wholly resistant to blemishing diseases and disorders.
- 2011, Rob Imrie, Emma Street, Architectural Design and Regulation, unnumbered page,
- I mean it reaches a point of ridiculousness in some regards, and one?s seen actually many good schemes here in San Francisco, for example, that have been blemished by an overly strict adherence to codes.
- 2009, Michael A. Kirkman, Chapter 2: Global Markets fo Processed Potato Products, Jaspreet Singh, Lovedeep Kaur (editors), Advances in Potato Chemistry and Technology, page 40,
- To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
- 1600, Francis Vere, Commentaries of the Divers Pieces of Service
- There had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation.
- 1600, Francis Vere, Commentaries of the Divers Pieces of Service
Translations
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locality
English
Etymology
From French localité, from Late Latin localitas, equivalent to local +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lo??kæl?ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l???kæl?ti/
- Rhymes: -æl?ti
- Hyphenation: lo?cal?i?ty
Noun
locality (countable and uncountable, plural localities)
- The fact or quality of having a position in space.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- The features or surroundings of a particular place.
- (uncountable, mathematics, computing) The condition of being local.
- The situation or position of an object.
- An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
- Limitation to a county, district, or place.
- (dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
Translations
References
- locality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- coitally
locality From the web:
- what locality am i in
- what locality means
- what locality is an address in
- what locality am i in pa
- what is the locality of my current location
- locality or location
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