different between mascara vs blusher

English

Etymology

Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?mæs?k????/, /m?s?k????/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??sk????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæs?kæ??/

Noun

mascara (countable and uncountable, plural mascaras)

1. A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

Translations

Verb

mascara (third-person singular simple present mascaras, present participle mascaraing, simple past and past participle mascaraed)

1. To apply mascara to the eyelashes

Related terms

• mask

Anagrams

• Camaras, maracas, marasca

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *mask- (“black, stained”).

Noun

mascara f (plural mascares)

1. soot
2. stain
3. sooty mold

   Synonym: fumagina

Further reading

• “mascara” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian maschera (“mask”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mas?ca?ra

Noun

mascara f or m (plural mascara's, diminutive mascaraatje n)

1. mascara

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mascara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mas.ka.?a/

Noun

mascara m (plural mascaras)

1. mascara

Further reading

• “mascara” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

See maschera

Noun

mascara m (invariable)

1. mascara

   Synonym: rimmel

Anagrams

• marasca

Portuguese

Verb

mascara

1. First-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of mascar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) pluperfect indicative of mascar
3. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of mascarar

Spanish

Verb

mascara

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of mascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of mascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of mascar.

English

Etymology

blush +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl???(r)/
• Rhymes: -???(r)

Noun

blusher (plural blushers)

1. Agent noun of blush; one who blushes.
2. Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 9,

     Beside him Lady Partridge, her head tilted up, her face a mask of blusher and brown powder, like someone just back from a skiing holiday, was also clearly elsewhere.

3. Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.

Synonyms

• (face makeup): blush, rouge

Translations

Anagrams

• Buhlers, Bushler, Hublers, burhels