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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Shade / Shadow
Are there any differences between shade and shadow (as nouns)? Thanks!
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Yes there is. It's not quite as simple as one of scale but generally only large shadows are also considered shade. Everything casts a shadow, even a mouse.
- Yes there is.
- It's not quite as simple as one of scale but generally only large shadows are also considered shade.
- Everything casts a shadow, even a mouse.
- A mouse's shadow wouldn't provide you with much shade though...
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Yes there is. It's not quite as simple as one of scale but generally only large shadows are also considered shade. Everything casts a shadow, even a mouse. A mouse's shadow wouldn't provide you with much shade though...
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This may help, it's the best definition I could find:
Shade: (shad), n. 1. Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
? Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; wh
Shade: (shad), n. 1. Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
? Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; wh
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