different between discolor vs deteriorate

English

Alternative forms

• discolour

Etymology

From Old French descolorer, des- + colorer

Verb

discolor (third-person singular simple present discolors, present participle discoloring, simple past and past participle discolored)

1. (American spelling) To change or lose color.

   Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor.

   A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?dis.ko.lor/, [?d??s?k????r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?dis.ko.lor/, [?d?isk?l?r]

Adjective

discolor (genitive discol?ris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. having a different colour
2. variegated

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

References

• discolor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discolor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• discolor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• discolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Late Latin d?terior?tus, past participle of Late Latin d?terior?, derivative of Latin d?terior (“worse”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??????e?t/

Verb

deteriorate (third-person singular simple present deteriorates, present participle deteriorating, simple past and past participle deteriorated)

1. (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

   to deteriorate the mind

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation […]

2. (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

Synonyms

• worsen
• to go off (of foods)
• nerf (gaming term)
• degenerate
• weaken

Antonyms

• ameliorate
• better
• improve
• revamp

Related terms

• deterioration
• deteriorative
• deteriorable

Translations

Italian

Adjective

deteriorate

1. feminine plural of deteriorato

Verb

deteriorate

1. second-person plural present indicative of deteriorare
2. second-person plural imperative of deteriorare
3. feminine plural of deteriorato