shade of difference
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A Shade of Difference — infobox Book | name = A Shade of Difference title orig = translator = image caption = August 1963 Pocket Books paperback author = Allen Drury illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Advise and Consent… … Wikipedia
Difference — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Difference >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 difference difference Sgm: N 1 variance variance variation variety Sgm: N 1 diversity diversity dissimilarity &c. 18 Sgm: N 1 disagreement disagreement … English dictionary for students
shade — shadeless, adj. shadelessness, n. /shayd/, n., v., shaded, shading. n. 1. the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area. 2. a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one… … Universalium
shade — /ʃeɪd / (say shayd) noun 1. the comparative darkness caused by the interception of rays of light. 2. an area of comparative darkness; a shady place. 3. (plural) darkness gathering at the close of day. 4. (usually plural) a retired or obscure… …
shade — [[t]ʃeɪd[/t]] n. v. shad•ed, shad•ing 1) the comparative darkness caused by the screening of rays of light from an object or area 2) a place or an area of comparative darkness, as one sheltered from the sun 3) window shade 4) lampshade 5) shades… … From formal English to slang
difference — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Dissimilarity Nouns 1. difference, differentness, unlikeness, variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity, multiformity; divergence, dissimilitude; odds, incompatibility (see disagreement);… … English dictionary for students
shade — n 1 Shade, shadow, umbrage, umbra, penumbra, adumbration can mean the comparative darkness caused by something which intercepts rays of light. Shade carries no implication of a darkness that has a particular form or definite limit but the term… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Shade — (sh[=a]d), n. [OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr. sko tos darkness. [root]162. Cf. {Shadow}, {Shed} a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shade — or lamp shade [shād] n. [ME schade < OE sceadu (gen. & dat. sceadwe), akin to Goth skadus < IE base * skot , darkness, shadow > Gr skotos, darkness] 1. comparative darkness caused by a more or less opaque object cutting off rays of light … English World dictionary
Shade avoidance — is a set of responses that plants display when they are subjected to the shade of another plant. It often includes elongation, altered flowering time, increased apical dominance and altered partitioning of resources. This set of responses is… … Wikipedia
