different between etiolate vs stubble

English

Etymology

French étioler, from Norman French étieuler, ultimately from Old French estuble (“stubble”), from Latin stupla, from stipula (“straw, stubble”) (English stubble).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??t?-?-l?t', IPA^(key): /?i?ti.?le?t/
• Hyphenation: eti?o?late

Verb

etiolate (third-person singular simple present etiolates, present participle etiolating, simple past and past participle etiolated)

1. To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
2. To make pale and sickly-looking.
3. (intransitive) To become pale or blanched.

Related terms

• stubble

Translations

Adjective

etiolate (comparative more etiolate, superlative most etiolate)

1. etiolated

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?b.?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)

1. (countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. (countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Synonyms

• (short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
• stub
• stump

Related terms

• etiolate
• stipula

Translations

Verb

stubble (third-person singular simple present stubbles, present participle stubbling, simple past and past participle stubbled)

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