Tanned vs. White

Tanned vs. White — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tanned and White

Tannedadjective

Having a suntan.

You're looking very tanned.tanned bodies lying on the beach

Whiteadjective

Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

Write in black ink on white paper.

Tannedadjective

(of leather) Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).

Whiteadjective

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.

Tannedverb

simple past tense and past participle of tan

Whiteadjective

Designated for use by Caucasians.

white drinking fountain;white hospital
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Tannedadjective

(of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun;

a young bronzed Apollo

Whiteadjective

Relatively light or pale in colour.

white wine;white grapes

Tannedadjective

converted to leather by a tanning agent

Whiteadjective

Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.

Whiteadjective

Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.

Whiteadjective

(of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.

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Whiteadjective

The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.

Whiteadjective

Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.

Whiteadjective

Honourable, fair; decent.

Whiteadjective

Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.

Whiteadjective

(archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.

Whiteadjective

(obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.

Whiteadjective

(politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.

Whiteadjective

(of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.

Whiteadjective

(typography) Not containing characters; see white space.

Whiteadjective

(typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare said of a character or symbol filled with color.

Whiteadjective

Characterised by the presence of snow

Whitenoun

The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

Whitenoun

A person of European descent with light-coloured skin.

Whitenoun

The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).

Whitenoun

(anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.

Whitenoun

Any butterfly of the Pieris genus.

Whitenoun

The cue ball in cue games.

Whitenoun

White wine.

Whitenoun

Cocaine

Whitenoun

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

Whitenoun

The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.

Whitenoun

A white pigment.

Venice white

Whitenoun

(countable) Anything that is of the color white.

Whitenoun

The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.

Whiteverb

(transitive) To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

Whitenoun

a member of the Caucasoid race

Whitenoun

the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

Whitenoun

Australian writer (1912-1990)

Whitenoun

United States political journalist (1915-1986)

Whitenoun

United States architect (1853-1906)

Whitenoun

United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

Whitenoun

United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

Whitenoun

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

Whitenoun

(board games) the lighter pieces

Whitenoun

(usually in the plural) trousers

Whiteverb

turn white;

This detergent will whiten your laundry

Whiteadjective

being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light;

as white as fresh snowa bride's white dress

Whiteadjective

of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration;

voting patterns within the white population

Whiteadjective

free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied;

in shining white armor

Whiteadjective

marked by the presence of snow;

a white Christmasthe white hills of a northern winter

Whiteadjective

restricted to whites only;

under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountainsa lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization

Whiteadjective

glowing white with heat;

white flamesa white-hot center of the fire

Whiteadjective

benevolent; without malicious intent;

white magica white liethat's white of you

Whiteadjective

of a surface; not written or printed on;

blank pagesfill in the blank spacesa clean pagewide white margins

Whiteadjective

(of coffee) having cream or milk added

Whiteadjective

dressed (or especially habited) in white;

white nuns

Whiteadjective

(of hair) having lost its color;

the white hairs of old age

Whiteadjective

ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion;

a face turned ashenthe invalid's blanched cheekstried to speak with bloodless lipsa face livid with shocklips...livid with the hue of deathlips white with terrora face white with rage

Whiteadjective

of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets;

white nights