What's the difference between blazon and blazoning?

Blazon


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
  • (n.) A shield.
  • (n.) An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
  • (n.) The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
  • (n.) Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
  • (v. t.) To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
  • (v. t.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.
  • (v. i.) To shine; to be conspicuous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can almost hear some judge, nose wrinkled in disgust, saying the activities here should have been "reported to the proper authorities, not blazoned across the media".
  • (2) For nearly 80 years, the steel-and-concrete hospital, armoured in reddish-brown tapestry brick, blazoned with grey stone and towering over the neighbourhood, had defended those inside it against every capricious punch the Gulf's weather systems had thrown.
  • (3) "Women these days wear a virtual armour," he complained to Clive James in 1984, before providing a virtual blazon: "tights, panties, blue jeans, belt, as though they were afraid of constant aggression.
  • (4) Beyoncé, in the midst of an epic 15 minute medley at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music awards, performed her song “Flawless” in front of a giant screen blazoned with the word “FEMINIST”.
  • (5) Lucy is a raver and former wild-child, her laptop cover bearing a rainbow blazon of the Sanskrit word Om.

Blazoning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blazon

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can almost hear some judge, nose wrinkled in disgust, saying the activities here should have been "reported to the proper authorities, not blazoned across the media".
  • (2) For nearly 80 years, the steel-and-concrete hospital, armoured in reddish-brown tapestry brick, blazoned with grey stone and towering over the neighbourhood, had defended those inside it against every capricious punch the Gulf's weather systems had thrown.
  • (3) "Women these days wear a virtual armour," he complained to Clive James in 1984, before providing a virtual blazon: "tights, panties, blue jeans, belt, as though they were afraid of constant aggression.
  • (4) Beyoncé, in the midst of an epic 15 minute medley at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music awards, performed her song “Flawless” in front of a giant screen blazoned with the word “FEMINIST”.
  • (5) Lucy is a raver and former wild-child, her laptop cover bearing a rainbow blazon of the Sanskrit word Om.

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