different between flaw vs blemished
flaw
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flag? (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?k- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English fl?h (“a frament, piece”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl?/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /?fl?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: floor (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Noun
flaw (plural flaws)
- (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
- (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
- (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Derived terms
- flawful
- flawless
- flawsome
- tragic flaw
Translations
Verb
flaw (third-person singular simple present flaws, present participle flawing, simple past and past participle flawed)
- (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
- (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably Middle Dutch vl?ghe or Middle Low German vl?ge. Or, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (“gust of wind”), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flag?n-. See modern Dutch vlaag (“gust of wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
flaw (plural flaws)
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint
- Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint
- A storm of short duration.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
- Synonyms: tumult, uproar, quarrel
Translations
References
Anagrams
- AFLW, WAFL
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Verb
flaw
- To faint.
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blemished
English
Verb
blemished
- simple past tense and past participle of blemish
Adjective
blemished (comparative more blemished, superlative most blemished)
- Having blemishes; flawed.
- 2001, Robert Weissberg, Chapter 18: Academic Tyranny: The Tale and the Lessons, Stuart S. Nagel (editor), Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation, page 111,
- Stated sharply, today?s centers of higher learning are more blemished than superficial appearances suggest, and what often seems “democratic” is little more than contrived public displays.
- 2001, Robert Weissberg, Chapter 18: Academic Tyranny: The Tale and the Lessons, Stuart S. Nagel (editor), Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation, page 111,
Related terms
- unblemished
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