Sign inShade vs. Shadow
Have you encountered these two words before? Well, don't panic if you don't know. I'm here today to teach you all there is about their differences.
What Is Their Main Difference?
Both refer to the dark area to which the sun light or any kind of bright light does not have access. However, we use 'shade' when the dark area is important to us and we use 'shadow', when the object/person blocking the light is important.
Differences
As mentioned above, 'shade' refers to the dark area of land to which light has no access. The object/person blocking the light does not matter to us. Look at the following examples:
I can see the dogs lying down in the
Let's sit under the
'Shadow' also points out the dark area of land to which light has no access to, but the object/person blocking the bright light is important to us. Look at the following examples:
Why did their
It is said that vampire do not have
Similarities
As stated above, they both indicate a dark part of the land to which light has no access to. Check out the following examples:
There is just the sun burning everything in the desert. There are no
As I was walking down the street, I caught a glimpse of the
Are They Interchangeable?
As it was clear, these two can never be used interchangeably because when we use 'shade', the object/person blocking the light is not important, whereas, 'shadow' is used when that object/person matters to us. Compare:
✓ You're even scared of your own
X You're even scared of your own
As you can see, this one is wrong.
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