Difference between Washed-out and Faded

What is the difference between Washed-out and Faded?

Washed-out as an adjective is lacking colour, as if faded while Faded as a verb is to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

Washed-out

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: lacking colour, as if faded tired, jaded and lacking animation

Faded

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

Example sentence: In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

We hope you now know whether to use Washed-out or Faded in your sentence.

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