Darkness and Shade

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Darkness

Darkness noun - A time or place of little or no light.
Usage example: the raiding party snuck up under cover of darkness
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Shade is a synonym for darkness in dark topic. In some cases you can use "Shade" instead the word "Darkness" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like shadow, place, gloominess, obscurity.
Nearby Words: dark, darken, darkly, darkish

Shade

Shade noun - A time or place of little or no light.
Usage example: enjoying the cool shade of the evening
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Darkness is a synonym for shade in shadow topic. You can use "Darkness" instead the word "Shade" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as gloom, dimness, gloominess, obscurity.
Nearby Words: shadow, shady, shaded, shading, shad

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human human darkness human shade
clear clear darkness clear shade
pure pure darkness pure shade
similar similar darkness similar shade
Other adjectives: normal, natural, deep, real, intense, unnatural, dark, inner, white, golden, deepest, brighter.

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  • Casting a Shadow Dungeons & Dragons has a number of monsters that create and/or use darkness and shadows as weapons, such as the shade, shadow dragon, and shadow mastiff.
    Source: Casting a Shadow
  • Video Game / Seiken Densetsu 3 Dark Is Not Evil: You can use darkness element spells and weapons, and the darkness summon spirit Shade is not evil, though Zable Fahr God-Beast is That One Boss for some people.
    Source: Video Game / Seiken Densetsu 3
  • Dark is not always used as a metaphor for evil, as God is described as providing shade and night to comfort people in in the book of psalms as well as manifesting in darkness before he punishes evil by King David.
    Source: Dark Is Not Evil / Mythology & Religion
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