different between discolour vs blacken

discolour

English

Etymology

From dis- +? colour

Verb

discolour (third-person singular simple present discolours, present participle discolouring, simple past and past participle discoloured)

  1. British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • discolourization

discolour From the web:

  • what discolours teeth
  • what discolours your teeth
  • what discoloured brass
  • what discolours gold
  • what discolours silver
  • what discolours white gold
  • what discolours urine
  • discoloration means


blacken

English

Etymology

From Middle English blaknen, blakkenen, equivalent to black +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?blæk?n/
  • Rhymes: -æk?n

Verb

blacken (third-person singular simple present blackens, present participle blackening, simple past and past participle blackened)

  1. (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
  2. (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
  3. (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
  4. To defame or sully.
  5. (transitive) To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.

Synonyms

  • (make black): black, denigrate
  • (make dirty): dirty, soil
  • (defame): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish

Translations

blacken From the web:

  • what blackens brass
  • what blackened mean in cooking
  • what blacken silver's shine
  • what blacken hair
  • what's blackened chicken
  • what's blackened seasoning
  • what's blackened ranch
  • what's blackened salmon
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