different between flaw vs tarnish
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
Sranan Tongo
Verb
flaw
- To faint.
flaw From the web:
- what flaws mean
- what flaw did the telescope have
- what flawless mean
- what flaws does odysseus have
- what flaws do i have
- what flaws are there in the electoral college
- what flaws does the nymph find
- what flaws to take outer worlds
tarnish
English
Etymology
From Middle English ternysshen, a borrowing from Old French terniss-, stem of ternir (“to make dim, make wan”), borrowed from Frankish *darnijan (“to conceal”). Doublet of dern and darn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??n??/
Noun
tarnish (usually uncountable, plural tarnishes)
- Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
- 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
- Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.
- 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
Translations
Verb
tarnish (third-person singular simple present tarnishes, present participle tarnishing, simple past and past participle tarnished)
- (intransitive) To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
- (transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
Translations
Anagrams
- Hartins, rantish
tarnish From the web:
- what tarnishes
- what tarnishes silver
- what tarnishes sterling silver
- what tarnishes gold
- what tarnishes brass
- what tarnishes copper
- what tarnish mean
- what tarnishes stainless steel
you may also like
- flaw vs tarnish
- menacing vs overpowering
- captivating vs stimulating
- weighty vs top
- leader vs marshal
- unconcerned vs deliberate
- noise vs shouting
- facility vs potentiality
- unmovable vs stationary
- clot vs jellify
- drive vs determine
- compass vs duration
- dishonesty vs misrepresentation
- intractable vs uncompliant
- vitalise vs vivify
- rousing vs vivifying
- spigot vs knob
- steer vs bend
- harbinger vs foregoer
- reservoir vs treasure