Brush
Brush verb - To pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing.
Usage example: spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement
Stroke is a synonym for brush in touch topic. In some cases you can use "Stroke" instead the word "Brush" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like action, tongue, pat, touch lightly.
How words are described
| broad | broad brush | broad stroke |
| identical | identical brush | identical stroke |
| normal | normal brush | normal stroke |
| single | single brush | single stroke |
| Other adjectives: massive, unfortunate, little, slight, bad, major, final, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Except for ghosts, who will continue moving and attacking you while you're in the brush stroke screen...
Source: Time Stands Still -
Don't Ask: When Eggman is teaching the now evilized characters proper moustache care, he tells them to brush stroke each side exactly 50 times, and no more.
Source: Western Animation / Sonic Boom -
Why don't you draw me up some wall scrolls, you know, some of that brush stroke shit?
Source: Video Game / Anarchy Reigns
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