Pale and Vague

Pale

Pale adjective - Not seen or understood clearly.
Usage example: a pale outline off in the distance proved to be someone out for a walk

Vague and pale are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vague" instead an adjective "Pale".

Nearby Words: paled, paleness, palish, palely

Vague

Vague adjective - Not seen or understood clearly.
Usage example: I have only a vague idea of what you're talking about

Pale and vague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pale" instead an adjective "Vague".

Nearby Words: vagueness, vaguely

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Queen of the Damned However, even the book's are pretty vague about this, as Akasha's pale white skin has nothing to do with her race, but the fact that vampires lose their pigmentation the older they are.
  • Comments: I found this work incredibly compelling, taking the slightly vague subject of the Pale Quadrant and expanding on it in a way that feels like it is canon.
  • Ultimate Evil D&D 3.5 supplement Lords of Madness gives vague description of beings that predate even the Aboleth, all of which are Lovecraftian entities that aren't even given statistics (unlike the aforementioned Pale Night), only how their influence shaped Aboleth societies.
    Source: Ultimate Evil
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