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)
- 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)
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
- (intransitive, ergative) To become black.
- (transitive, causative) To make dirty.
- To defame or sully.
- (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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