Quantity

Synonyms for shade

Two senses of shade live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineQuantity

a slight amount or degree of difference

The new model is a shade better than the old one.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tad

Same sentence, swapped: The new model is a tad better than the old one.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for shade as it is used in the sentence above.

wraith
tone
handful

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineQualities

a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tone

Same sentence, swapped: After several trials he mixed the tone of pink that she wanted.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for shade as it is used in the sentence above.

tad
wraith
heather

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Closest first: other quantity words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

splashnounstira prominent or sensational but short-lived news eventTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line capacitynouncontentthe amount that can be containedTreelineHas a reason line dropverb, noundischargeremove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leaveTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line naughtnounnothinga quantity of no importanceRidgelineHas a reason line neighborhoodnounregionthe approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')TreelineHas a reason line plentynounlota large number or amount or extentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line lineverb, noundrawmake a mark or lines on a surfaceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line liquidadjectivefluidin cash or easily convertible to cashTreeline2 senses

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