LoginShade vs. Shadow
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 shade of that big tree.
Let's sit under the shade and talk about life.
'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 shadows grow bigger and bigger?
It is said that vampire do not have shadows.
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 shades.
As I was walking down the street, I caught a glimpse of the shadow of a man holding a dagger.
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 shadow.
X You're even scared of your own shade.
As you can see, this one is wrong.
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