defect vs appearance
appearance vs defectdefect and appearance both are nouns.
defect is a verb but appearance is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| defect | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| appearance | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
appearance is a hypernym of
defect; that is, appearance is a
word with a broader meaning than defect:
- defect: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- appearance: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
Other hypernyms of defect include
visual aspect.
| defect (noun) | appearance (noun) |
|---|---|
| a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | the act of appearing in public view |
| a failing or deficiency | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action |
| an imperfection in an object or machine | pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression |
| an imperfection in a bodily system | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing |
| a mental representation | |
| the event of coming into sight |
| defect (verb) | appearance (verb) |
|---|---|
| desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
Words related to "defect"
- appearance
- birth defect
- birthmark
- blackhead
- blemish
- blister
- blot
- bug
- burn
- burn mark
- chatter mark
- check
- chip
- comedo
- congenital abnormality
- congenital anomaly
- congenital defect
- congenital disorder
- crack
- daub
- defection
- defector
- dent
- desert
- ding
- disadvantage
- dissent
- fault
- flaw
- flee
- fly
- glitch
- gouge
- hole
- imperfection
- imperfectness
- mar
- mark
- milium
- mole
- myelatelia
- nevus
- nick
- protest
- rat
- resist
- scar
- scrape
- scratch
- shortcoming
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- smudge
- spot
- stigma
- take flight
- verruca
- visual aspect
- wart
- whitehead
Words related to "appearance"
- 3-D
- 3D
- agerasia
- apparition
- appear
- appearing
- arrival
- attendance
- attending
- beauty
- blemish
- cast
- color
- colour
- coming into court
- complexion
- countenance
- decorativeness
- defect
- deformity
- disappearance
- discoloration
- discolouration
- disfiguration
- disfigurement
- effect
- elaborateness
- emergence
- emersion
- etiolation
- face
- feigning
- form
- format
- front
- gloss
- hairiness
- hairlessness
- happening
- homeliness
- illusion
- image
- impression
- internal representation
- linear perspective
- look
- manifestation
- mar
- materialisation
- materialization
- mental representation
- natural event
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ornateness
- persona
- perspective
- phase
- pilosity
- plainness
- pretence
- pretending
- pretense
- quality
- reappearance
- representation
- return
- semblance
- shape
- show
- simulation
- sleekness
- stain
- superficies
- three-D
- toothlessness
- ugliness
- unbecomingness
- vanishing point
- view
- visage
- visual aspect
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