Whitish vs. White
Difference Between Whitish and White
Whitishadjective
Somewhat white, pale or almost white.
Whiteadjective
Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
Write in black ink on white paper.Whitishadjective
resembling milk in color or cloudiness; not clear;
milky glassWhiteadjective
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.
Whitishadjective
tending toward white
Whiteadjective
Designated for use by Caucasians.
white drinking fountain;white hospitalWhiteadjective
Relatively light or pale in colour.
white wine;white grapesWhiteadjective
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.
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.
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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 whiteWhitenoun
(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)
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United States political journalist (1915-1986)
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United States architect (1853-1906)
Whitenoun
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
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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 laundryWhiteadjective
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 dressWhiteadjective
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration;
voting patterns within the white populationWhiteadjective
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied;
in shining white armorWhiteadjective
marked by the presence of snow;
a white Christmasthe white hills of a northern winterWhiteadjective
restricted to whites only;
under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountainsa lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organizationWhiteadjective
glowing white with heat;
white flamesa white-hot center of the fireWhiteadjective
benevolent; without malicious intent;
white magica white liethat's white of youWhiteadjective
of a surface; not written or printed on;
blank pagesfill in the blank spacesa clean pagewide white marginsWhiteadjective
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
Whiteadjective
dressed (or especially habited) in white;
white nunsWhiteadjective
(of hair) having lost its color;
the white hairs of old ageWhiteadjective
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 rageWhiteadjective
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets;
white nights
