What's the difference and what's the similarity between these two words? When to use which one?
adumbrate
verb: To overshadow; partially darken or conceal.
verb: Figuratively, to give a faint shadow or resemblance of; outline or shadow forth; foreshadow; prefigure.
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This apparently, as its primary definition, means "to foreshadow vaguely", and I can't think of a single situation that it would possibly be useful. And I say this as an English teacher, who often uses terms like foreshadowing to teach literature. Foreshadowing already means hinting at a future plot point, so what possible distinction could there be between a hint in the text and a vague hint? Even in the most nuanced doctoral paper I can't see this having utility. Why does this word exist, and who has ever used itβ½
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adumbrate
https://youtu.be/EpgqnxIn6Sc
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Adumbrate: verb, to report or represent in outline; to indicate faintly; to foreshadow or symbolize.
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[a-duhm-breyt, ad-uhβm-breyt]
verb (used with object), adΒ·umΒ·bratΒ·ed, adΒ·umΒ·bratΒ·ing.
- to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- to foreshadow; prefigure.
- to darken or conceal partially; overshadow.
1575β85; < Latin adumbrΔtus shaded (past participle of adumbrΔre), equivalent to ad- ad- + umbr(a) shade, shadow + -Δtus -ate1
###Noun ##adumbrate (adΒ·umΒ·brate)
- To foreshadow vaguely.
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