What's the difference between shade and umbrella?

Shade


Definition:

  • (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
  • (n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
  • (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
  • (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
  • (n.) Shadow.
  • (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
  • (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
  • (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
  • (n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
  • (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
  • (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
  • (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
  • (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
  • (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
  • (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
  • (2) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
  • (3) The shading of the optoelectronic system had a coefficient of variation (CV) of 1.42% for measurements in the center of the displayed area, but a CV of 3.55% for measurements over the whole monitor area.
  • (4) The observed clinical findings include scarring of the face and hands (83.7%), hyperpigmentation (65%), hypertrichosis (44.8%), pinched facies (40.1%), painless arthritis (70.2%), small hands (66.6%), sensory shading (60.6%), myotonia (37.9%), cogwheeling (41.9%), enlarged thyroid (34.9%), and enlarged liver (4.8%).
  • (5) The observers ranked three-dimensional shaded images higher than the other types, with three-dimensional volumetric images second and three-dimensional surface images ranked third.
  • (6) Would it best best to risk a Great Reform Bill (shades of 1832) - or would piecemeal reform be best, some wonder?
  • (7) Days and Nights in the Forest , which began as a comedy about Calcuttan gents on safari for aboriginal villagers, before shading into something almost too dark for my comprehension.
  • (8) From these data, three graphs are derived, including trends in age-standardised rates, age-specific rates centered on birth cohorts and maps plotted in different shades of grey to represent the surfaces defined by the matrix of various age-specific rates.
  • (9) He is wary of pretension, alive to all shades of irony.
  • (10) But among the football-faith community the legendary Anfield Road stadium is not considered a sacred site for nothing, and on this memorable night everyone felt what mighty magic can be summoned here.” Describing the match as “a classic in the illustrious history of these two clubs for years to come”, the commentator Daniel Theweleit also believed that the atmosphere at Anfield put Dortmund’s own famed fan culture into the shade: “Even those who have watched the club for centuries agreed that Dortmund has never achieved this kind of intensity.” Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung found satisfaction in seeing the German coach Jürgen Klopp exporting his magic touch across the Channel.
  • (11) Additionally, the silver staining properties of the Duracryl matrix result in proteins appearing as monochromatic shades of grey instead of red, brown and yellow, as is the case of conventional polyacrylamide matrices.
  • (12) Over 400 people and 100 boats were stranded in temperatures of about 40C, with little shade.
  • (13) On one side of the road stands an orderly row of RDP houses, their gable ends neatly rendered in pastel shades of peach and tangerine.
  • (14) Data received was converted to Munsell notation for evaluation of the dimensions of color, i.e., Hue, Chroma, and Value, as related to (1) shade differences, (2) thickness of porcelain, and (3) numbers of firings.
  • (15) Dik-dik antelopes lost about 50% more heat evaporatively when exposed to the sun compared to the shade at an ambient temperature (Ta) of 28 degrees C or a Ta of 40 degrees C in a climatic chamber.
  • (16) OK, so it wouldn't beat London's MeatLiquor in a fight, but it'd certainly knock seven shades out of Shake Shack and Five Guys with both hands tied behind its back.
  • (17) It’s not easy to kick well in frigid conditions – and the temperature before kickoff was just shade over 20F.
  • (18) Hoodies don't vote, they've realised it's pointless, that whoever gets elected will just be a different shade of the "we don't give a toss about you" party.
  • (19) Different segmentation techniques can be used, as well as shading algorithms that give greatly improved appearances.
  • (20) Meanwhile, the first images are emerging of what the Fifty Shades movie may actually look like, after Entertainment Weekly published a string of "character shots" , featuring actors Dakota Johnson and Dornan in their roles of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey respectively.

Umbrella


Definition:

  • (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
  • (n.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
  • (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The unauthorised trades remained hidden for years in so-called umbrella accounts set up to store the funds.
  • (2) The first eigenvector, when represented by grey scale maps depicting a pair of eyes, reveals that, as average threshold increases, the visual field rises and flattens, like an umbrella that, initially closed, is simultaneously opened and thrust upwards.
  • (3) A full marching band moved through a sea of umbrellas, playing the Les Miserables song Do You Hear the People Sing.
  • (4) Yau, an “umbrella soldier” , ran in local district council elections for the first time in November 2015, unsuccessfully challenging the pro-Beijing lawmaker Priscilla Leung Mei-fun to whom she lost by just over 300 votes.
  • (5) It sounds like self-congratulation for disbelieving incorrect forecasts of rain, then proudly stepping into a hailstorm without an umbrella.
  • (6) Follow-up of 31 patients discharged with devices in place, for a total of 31 patient-years, has yielded no umbrella-related complications.
  • (7) Most are members of existing rebel battalions or groups who decided to come under the Liwa al-Ummah umbrella; others signed up as individuals ...
  • (8) Rashkind's "double umbrella" technique for percutaneous transcatheter occlusion of patent arterial duct (ductus arteriosus) has been used successfully in several centres.
  • (9) The project is an umbrella project with three main subprojects and several satellite projects.
  • (10) Chris Breen from the Refugee Advocacy Network, an umbrella organisation of asylum seeker groups responsible for organising the Melbourne rally, said the speakers all called for an end to offshore processing.
  • (11) This is a consequence of the government reducing funding for the new work programme by 80%, according to a major report to be published by the umbrella group for the companies on the programme.
  • (12) Staff battled the rays with an assortment of big umbrellas and pot plants, before covering the entire 57-storey glass wall with non-reflective film – the likely solution in London.
  • (13) Members of the Syrian National Council (SNC) said it would be an umbrella group for opposition groups inside and outside the country and a vehicle for democratic change.
  • (14) Google Now can work only if the company behind it manages to bring vast chunks of our existence – from communication to travel to reading – under its corporate umbrella.
  • (15) The rebel groups, including at least three considered to be under the FSA umbrella, called on Tuesday for the rebel forces to be reorganized under an Islamic framework and to be run only by groups fighting inside Syria.
  • (16) Joshua Wong, the teenage activist who was one of the most recognisable faces of Hong Kong’s umbrella movement protests, has been found guilty of “illegal assembly” by a court in the former British colony.
  • (17) Golf balls, bottles, fireworks, umbrellas and even cast iron rain gutter was thrown at republicans marching along Royal Avenue.
  • (18) Britain Umbrella sales have surged as the economy remains under the weather.
  • (19) The regime has sought to deploy thousands of local militiamen under the umbrella of what it calls the National Defence Forces, using them as shock troops directed by the army.
  • (20) We experienced a case of acute myocardial infarction with ventricular aneurysm secondary to nonpenetrating chest trauma by an umbrella tip and wish to report this unusual case, along with a review of the literature.