different between tinge vs suffuse

English

Etymology

The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of ting? (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /t?n(d)?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

tinge (plural tinges)

1. A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

   Synonyms: tincture, teint, (the latter two obsolete) teinture
2. The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

Translations

Verb

tinge (third-person singular simple present tinges, present participle tinging or tingeing, simple past and past participle tinged)

1. (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.

   Synonym: tinct
2. (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.
3. (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tinged (adjective)
• tingent (archaic)
• untinged

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Teign, get in, get-in

Italian

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingere

Anagrams

• genti, tigne

Latin

Verb

tinge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ting?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tinga (a-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse þinga, from Proto-Germanic *þing?n?.

Verb

tinge (present tense tingar, past tense tinga, past participle tinga, passive infinitive tingast, present participle tingande, imperative ting)

1. (transitive) to reserve; to place an order on

   Synonym: bestille

2. to subscribe (to a publication)

   Synonym: abonnere

3. to negotiate

Derived terms

• tingar
• tinge på
• tinging

Related terms

• ting

References

• “tinge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• eting, ginet, geint, ginte, tigne

Portuguese

Verb

tinge

1. third-person singular present indicative of tingir

Spanish

Noun

tinge m (plural tinges)

1. Eurasian eagle owl

English

Etymology

From Latin suffund?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /s??fju?z/
• Rhymes: -u?z

Verb

suffuse (third-person singular simple present suffuses, present participle suffusing, simple past and past participle suffused)

1. (transitive) To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To spread through or over in the manner of a liquid.
3. (transitive) To pour underneath.

Usage notes

• The verb is often used in the passive voice.

Synonyms

• diffuse

Derived terms

• suffusate
• suffusion
• suffusive

Related terms

• infuse

Translations

Adjective

suffuse (comparative more suffuse, superlative most suffuse)

1. Suffused; diffuse.
   • 1912, New York State Museum, Annual Report, page 243:

     This limonite-colored mud is most often very suffuse and only faintly apparent.

   • 2014, Rita Petrini, Through the Curtain of Time and Space (?ISBN):

     Most of us mortals choose a very suffuse, dim light to have in our room, others push the switch to the maximum.

Italian

Verb

suffuse

1. third-person singular past historic of suffondere

Noun

suffuse f

1. plural of suffondere

Latin

Participle

suff?se

1. vocative masculine singular of suff?sus