Gauzy vs Translucent - What's the difference?
gauzy | translucent |
having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy
figuratively light, giving the effect of haze
Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
* 1913 , , The Day of Days , ch. 1:
* 1921 , , Jill the Reckless , ch. 21:
Clear, lucid, or transparent.
* 1884 , Henry J. Ramsdell, Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine , Hubbard,
* 1904 , , The Club of Queer Trades , ch. 4:
* 1919 , , The Lords of the Wild , ch. 3:
As adjectives the difference between gauzy and translucent
is that gauzy is having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy while translucent is allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.gauzy
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(er)Quotations
* 2003': Although the books are scored in different keys—Clinton’s generally attempts to be '''gauzy and warm, Blumenthal’s is edgy and cold—their underlying refrain is the same. — ''The New Yorker , 14 July 2003translucent
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(wikipedia translucent)Adjective
(en adjective)- The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent .
- On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.
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- Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repartee, translucent explanation flashing from his lips as quick as lighting.
- "I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave."
- [T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent . The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.