wash vs blackwash

blackwash vs wash

wash and blackwash both are nouns.

wash and blackwash both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No
blackwash	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, blackwash is a hyponym of wash; that is, blackwash is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wash:

wash: a thin coat of water-base paint
blackwash: a wash that colors a surface black

Other hyponyms of wash include color wash, colour wash, whitewash.

wash (noun)	blackwash (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out	a wash that colors a surface black
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)	a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering	an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

wash (verb)	blackwash (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water	color with blackwash
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking	bring (information) out of concealment
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent
make moist
wash or flow against
form by erosion
wash by removing particles
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
clean with some chemical process
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
move by or as if by water
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof

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