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Moist vs. Pale — What's the Difference?

Moist vs. Pale — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Moist and Pale

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Moist

Slightly wet; damp
A moist sponge.
A dog's moist nose.

Pale

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment
Choose pale floral patterns for walls

Moist

Humid
The moist gulf air.

Pale

Inferior or unimpressive
The new cheese is a pale imitation of continental cheeses

Moist

Characterized by considerable rainfall; rainy
A moist climate.
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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

Moist

Juicy or succulent; not dried out
Basting keeps the turkey moist in the oven.

Pale

Seem or become less important
All else pales by comparison

Moist

Tearful
Moist eyes.

Pale

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Moist

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.

Pale

An area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction.

Moist

Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.

Pale

A broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.

Moist

Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.

Pale

A stake or pointed stick; a picket.

Moist

(informal) Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.

Pale

A fence enclosing an area.

Moist

(medicine)

Pale

The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.

Moist

Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.

Pale

A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.

Moist

Of sounds of internal organs (especially as heard through a stethoscope): characterized by the sound of air bubbling through a fluid.

Pale

Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.

Moist

Pertaining to one of the four essential qualities formerly believed to be present in all things, characterized by wetness; also, having a significant amount of this quality.

Pale

(Heraldry) A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.

Moist

(obsolete)

Pale

To enclose with pales; fence in.

Moist

Fluid, liquid, watery.

Pale

To cause to turn pale.

Moist

Bringing moisture or rain. a. 14th – 18th c.}}

Pale

To become pale; blanch
Paled with fright.

Moist

Moistness; also, moisture.

Pale

To decrease in relative importance.

Moist

(transitive)

Pale

Whitish in complexion; pallid.

Moist

To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.

Pale

Of a low intensity of color; light.

Moist

To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).

Pale

Having high lightness and low saturation.

Moist

(intransitive)

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).

Moist

(US) To rain lightly; to drizzle.

Pale

Feeble; weak
A pale rendition of the aria.

Moist

(obsolete) To have an effect of moistening or wetting.

Pale

Light in color.
I have pale yellow wallpaper.
She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.

Moist

Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air.

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.

Moist

Fresh, or new.

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.

Moist

To moisten.

Pale

(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.

Moist

Slightly wet;
Clothes damp with perspiration
A moist breeze
Eyes moist with tears

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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