Difference between Raw and Bleak

What is the difference between Raw and Bleak?

Raw as an adjective is not cooked. while Bleak as an adjective is without color; pale; pallid.

Raw

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not cooked. Not treated or processed. New or inexperienced. chafed, tender, or irritated. rough or uneven. without a condom

Example sentence: In terms of fitting in, you know, I don't have a lot of armor up. I'm a raw nerve and it's really uncomfortable for a lot of people.

Bleak

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Without color; pale; pallid.Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.Cold; cheerless.

Example sentence: The Arctic has huge glaciers, frozen waterfalls and floating ice. This is scenery on which man has left no mark, which has stayed unchanged for centuries, wild, bleak, hauntingly beautiful; it is a part of God's creation we have made no effort to tame.

We hope you now know whether to use Raw or Bleak in your sentence.

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