different between substance vs texture
substance
English
Alternative forms
- substaunce (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?bst?ns/, [?s?bst?nts]
Noun
substance (countable and uncountable, plural substances)
- Physical matter; material.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- Synonyms: matter, stuff
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
- Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.
- Synonyms: crux, gist
- Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
- Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
- And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
- Drugs (illegal narcotics)
- Synonyms: dope, gear
- (theology) Hypostasis.
Synonyms
- (physical matter): See also Thesaurus:substance
- (essential part of anything): See also Thesaurus:gist
- (drugs): See also Thesaurus:recreational drug
Related terms
Translations
Verb
substance (third-person singular simple present substances, present participle substancing, simple past and past participle substanced)
- (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.
See also
- style
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from subst?ns, present active participle of subst? (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.st??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
substance f (plural substances)
- substance
Derived terms
Further reading
- “substance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cubassent
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French substance.
Noun
substance
- essence
Descendants
- English: substance
Old French
Alternative forms
- sostance, sustance
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substantia.
Noun
substance f (oblique plural substances, nominative singular substance, nominative plural substances)
- most essential; substantial part
- existence
Related terms
- substantiel
Descendants
substance From the web:
- what substances make up an iron pot
- what substances make up pizza
- what substances are produced by cellular respiration
- what substance is analogous to a factory manager
- what substances will dissolve in water
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- what substance is a compound
texture
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin text?ra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text. Doublet of tessitura.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t?kst??(?)/, /?t?k?t??(?)/
- Rhymes: -?kst??(?)
Noun
texture (countable and uncountable, plural textures)
- The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.
- (art) The quality given to a work of art by the composition and interaction of its parts.
- (computer graphics) An image applied to a polygon to create the appearance of a surface.
- 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
- The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.
- 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC (page 97)
- (obsolete) The act or art of weaving.
- (obsolete) Something woven; a woven fabric; a web.
- 1730, James Thomson, Spring
- Others, apart far in the grassy dale, / Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
- 1730, James Thomson, Spring
- (biology, obsolete) A tissue.
Related terms
Translations
Verb
texture (third-person singular simple present textures, present participle texturing, simple past and past participle textured)
- To create or apply a texture.
- Drag the trowel through the plaster to texture the wall.
Further reading
- texture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- texture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Middle French texture, borrowed from Latin text?ra (“a weaving, web, texture, structure”), from textus, past participle of texere (“to weave”). See text.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?k.sty?/
Noun
texture f (plural textures)
- texture
Related terms
- texte
Further reading
- “texture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Participle
text?re
- vocative masculine singular of text?rus
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