cloud vs shade

cloud

verb
  • To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors. 

  • To make less acute or perceptive. 

  • To make gloomy or sullen. 

  • To become marked, darkened or variegated in this way. 

  • To make obscure. 

  • To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight. 

  • To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. 

  • To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character). 

  • Of the breath, to become cloud; to turn into mist. 

noun
  • Crystal methamphetamine. 

  • A negative or foreboding aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver lining has a cloud. 

  • The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing. 

  • A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women. 

  • A telecom network (from their representation in engineering drawings) 

  • Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. 

  • A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. 

  • Anything unsubstantial. 

  • A dark spot on a lighter material or background. 

  • A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying. 

  • Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. 

  • An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud. 

shade

verb
  • To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color. 

  • To shield (someone or something) from light. 

  • To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible. 

  • To alter slightly. 

  • To move slightly from one's normal fielding position. 

  • To darken, particularly in drawing. 

  • To surpass by a narrow margin. 

  • To throw shade, to subtly insult someone. 

  • To shield oneself from light. 

noun
  • Something that blocks light, particularly in a window. 

  • A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint). 

  • An aspect that is reminiscent of something. 

  • A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning 

  • A ghost or specter; a spirit. 

  • A subtle variation in a concept. 

  • A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry. 

  • Subtle insults. 

  • A candle-shade. 

  • A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade. 

  • Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. 

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