Difference between Glass and Glaze

What is the difference between Glass and Glaze?

Glass as a verb is to furnish with glass; to glaze. while Glaze as a verb is to become glazed or glassy.

Glass

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Fragile.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To furnish with glass; to glaze. To enclose with glass. To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury. To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime. A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material. The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel. Amorphous (non-crystalline) substance. Glassware. A mirror. A magnifying glass or telescope. The backboard. The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: A warning called out to alert teammates that a shot is about to rebound off the backboard.

Example sentence: I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.

Glaze

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To become glazed or glassy.In painting, to apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain.Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.A glazing oven. See glost ("oven").A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

We hope you now know whether to use Glass or Glaze in your sentence.

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