different between blend vs union
blend
English
Etymology
From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ?eblandan, ?eblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandan? (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (blandan), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (blesti, “to go astray”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: bl?nd, IPA(key): /bl?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- Homophone: blende
Noun
blend (plural blends)
- A mixture of two or more things.
- Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
- Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
- (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
- The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch.
Synonyms
- (mixture): combination, mix, mixture
- (in linguistics): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word
Translations
Verb
blend (third-person singular simple present blends, present participle blending, simple past and past participle blended or (poetic) blent)
- (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
- (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
- There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
- 1817, John Keats, Happy is England!
- To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent
- (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:blend.
Synonyms
- (to mix; to unite intimately): See also Thesaurus:homogenize, Thesaurus:mix, and Thesaurus:coalesce
Derived terms
- blender
- blended
- blend in
- blendingly
Translations
References
Anagrams
- L-bend
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- blenk (Ripuarian; now chiefly western dialects)
- blond, blönd (Eifel)
Etymology
From Old High German blind, northern variant of blint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blent/
Adjective
blend (masculine blenne or blende, feminine blenn or blend, comparative blenner or blender, superlative et blendste)
- (Moselle Franconian, some dialects of Ripuarian) blind; unable to see
Usage notes
- The inflected forms with -nn- are used in those dialects in which blend is the inherited form (Moselle Franconian, southern Ripuarian). The forms with -nd- are used in Ripuarian to the extent to which inherited blenk has been replaced with blend.
Dutch
Verb
blend
- first-person singular present indicative of blenden
- imperative of blenden
blend From the web:
- what blender does starbucks use
- what blender should i buy
- what blends well with frankincense
- what blends well with patchouli
- what blends well with peppermint essential oil
- what blends well with cedarwood essential oil
- what blends well with lavender
- what blends well with rosemary essential oil
union
English
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/
Noun
union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
Synonyms
- junction, coalition, combination
Derived terms
Related terms
- reunion
- reunification
- unify
- unity
Translations
Verb
union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
- To combine sets using the union operation.
See also
- intersection
- Wikipedia article about unions in set theory
Anagrams
- iunno
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uni?o?n/
Noun
union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)
- union
Inflection
Derived terms
- personalunion
- realunion
Further reading
- “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u?ni?on
Noun
union m (plural unions)
- (US, obsolete) A trade union.
- Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond
Esperanto
Noun
union
- accusative singular of unio
French
Etymology
From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.nj??/
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Union
Further reading
- “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)
- union (of a political nature)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??u?n/
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)
- union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)
- (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Related terms
- unir
References
- "union" in Dicod'òc
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Proper noun
union f (nominative singular union)
- Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)
Synonyms
- Trinité
Descendants
- English: union
- French: union
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union
- union
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üniun
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?nju?/
Noun
union f (plural union)
- union
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union c
- union (a body with many members)
Declension
Derived terms
- unionsupplösning
See also
- fackförening
- federation
- förbund
- förening
- kår
- studentkår
Further reading
- union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?njo?/
Noun
union f (invariable)
- union
Related terms
- unir
Welsh
Etymology
un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nj?n/
- Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.
Adjective
union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)
- exact
Derived terms
- unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)
Mutation
union From the web:
- what union is ups
- what union was involved in the homestead strike
- what union was involved in the pullman strike
- what union means
- what union states allowed slavery
- what unions are there
- what union am i in
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