Faded vs. Pale — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Faded and Pale
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Faded
To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually
The lights and music faded as we set sail from the harbor.
Pale
Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment
Choose pale floral patterns for walls
Faded
To lose freshness; wither
Summer flowers that had faded.
Pale
Inferior or unimpressive
The new cheese is a pale imitation of continental cheeses
Faded
To lose strength or vitality; wane
Youthful energy that had faded over the years.
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Pale
Become pale in one's face from shock or fear
I paled at the thought of what she might say
Faded
To disappear gradually; vanish
A hope that faded.
Pale
Seem or become less important
All else pales by comparison
Faded
(Sports) To swerve from a straight course, especially in the direction of a slice.
Pale
A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.
Faded
(Football) To move back from the line of scrimmage. Used of a quarterback.
Pale
An area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
Faded
To cause to lose brightness, freshness, or strength
Exposure to sunlight has faded the carpet.
Pale
A broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.
Faded
(Sports) To hit (a golf ball, for instance) with a moderate, usually controlled slice.
Pale
A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
Faded
(Games) To meet the bet of (an opposing player) in dice.
Pale
A fence enclosing an area.
Faded
The act of fading.
Pale
The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
Faded
A gradual dimming or increase in the brightness or loudness of a light source or audio signal.
Pale
A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.
Faded
A transition in a cinematic work or slide presentation in which the image gradually appears on or disappears from a blank screen.
Pale
Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.
Faded
(Sports) A moderate, usually controlled slice, as in golf.
Pale
(Heraldry) A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.
Faded
A control mechanism on a stereo that adjusts the distribution of power between the front and rear channels.
Pale
To enclose with pales; fence in.
Faded
A style of haircut in which the hair is cut close to the sides and back of the head and trimmed to result in gradually longer lengths toward the top of the head.
Pale
To cause to turn pale.
Faded
Simple past tense and past participle of fade
Pale
To become pale; blanch
Paled with fright.
Faded
That has lost some of its former colour or intensity.
A faded tablecloth
A faded rock star of the 1970s
Pale
To decrease in relative importance.
Faded
High on drugs; stoned
Pale
Whitish in complexion; pallid.
Faded
That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.
Where the faded moonMade a dim silver twilight.
Pale
Of a low intensity of color; light.
Faded
Having lost freshness or brilliance of color;
Sun-bleached deck chairs
Faded jeans
A very pale washed-out blue
Washy colors
Pale
Having high lightness and low saturation.
Faded
Reduced in strength;
The faded tones of an old recording
Pale
Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint
"a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks" (Jimmy Breslin).
Pale
Feeble; weak
A pale rendition of the aria.
Pale
Light in color.
I have pale yellow wallpaper.
She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.
Pale
(of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
His face turned pale after hearing about his mother's death.
Pale
Feeble, faint.
He is but a pale shadow of his former self.
The son's clumsy paintings are a pale imitation of his father's.
Pale
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
Pale
(intransitive) To become insignificant.
Pale
(transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
Pale
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
Pale
(obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
Pale
A wooden stake; a picket.
Pale
(archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
Pale
(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
Pale
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
Pale
(heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
Pale
(archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
Pale
(historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
Pale
(historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
Pale
(historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live.
Pale
(archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
Pale
A cheese scoop.
Pale
Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
Speechless he stood and pale.
They are not of complexion red or pale.
Pale
Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick;It looks a little paler.
Pale
Paleness; pallor.
Pale
A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down.
Pale
That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
Pale
A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; - often used figuratively.
Pale
A region within specified bounds, whether or not enclosed or demarcated.
Pale
A stripe or band, as on a garment.
Pale
One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
Pale
A cheese scoop.
Pale
A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
Pale
To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
Apt to pale at a trodden worm.
Pale
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
The glowworm shows the matin to be near,And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
Pale
To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
[Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled inWith rocks unscalable and roaring waters.
Pale
A wooden strip forming part of a fence
Pale
Turn pale, as if in fear
Pale
Very light colored; highly diluted with white;
Pale seagreen
Pale blue eyes
Pale
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
The pale light of a half moon
A pale sun
The late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
A pallid sky
The pale (or wan) stars
The wan light of dawn
Pale
Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness;
A pale rendition of the aria
Pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender
A pallid performance
Pale
Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
The pallid face of the invalid
Her wan face suddenly flushed
Pale
Not full or rich;
High, pale, pure and lovely song
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