Note
Note noun - A special quality or impression associated with something.
Usage example: spoke with a note of irritation in her voice
Patina
Patina noun - A special quality or impression associated with something.
Usage example: although the winery is brand-new, it has been constructed and decorated to give it a patina of old-world quaintness
Both words in one sentence
- Note, however, that this wasn't entirely unexpected; copper often develops a patina, which protects the edifice and (quite frankly) does look rather nice and dignified.
- In a slightly incidental note, those aforementioned coin collectors will reject coins that have undergone cleaning with chemicals outright, since the process can remove thin layers of metal from the coin as well as the natural patina, and therefore reduces their value significantly.
Source: Deceptively Simple Demonstration
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