- "Tone" and "shade" seem to refer to the darkness or brightness of a thing. So do they mean the same thing? Where is it proper to use each of them?
- When describing a person's skin, what is the difference between light-toned (as opposed to dark-toned and medium-toned) and fair-complected?
Learn English – “Tone” vs. “shade”
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This diagram may help:
Some might argue that the catch is actually the piece that the part labeled "catch" goes into, but I'd call that a "stop."
The catch that is described probably would look something like this:
which is similar to an old fashioned cupboard catch, and would be fairly simply to push open if one were inside the cupboard. (Edited image to one with a turncatch.)
Here is a (hopefully) clearer example. The shaft of this knob would be put through the door, and the blade (catch) at the end would keep the door from opening unless you turned it. We called these "grandfather locks" when I was a kid, but I don't know if that's common usage, or just my family.
Note - In systems:
Validate (to check the aliveness, legal status, existence of data). To check the ‘validity’ of data - does it comply with the ‘legal’ or required format of the system.
Verify (to check the truth) - to check whether something is true. To verify that a user exists, verify that an account is current, to ‘check the truth of’ ... anything.
Validation - Validate: means ‘having force in law, legally binding’, from the Latin - validus -"strong, effective, powerful, active". Validation is ‘the process of checking that something is legally or currently active.’
Examples:
- ‘Sorry sir. Your passport is no longer valid. It’s out of date’.
- ‘Sorry, your gift voucher is no longer valid, it expired’.
‘Sorry madam - our validation has shown that this cheque isn’t real - it’s a fake’.
When our system tries to validate this email address we see it is invalid, it uses the wrong format
- This email address is invalid - the user doesn’t exist
https://www.etymonline.com/word/valid
Verification - Verify - is from the Latin ‘verus’ or truth. It means ‘to check the truth’ or - check if (something is) true. Verification is ‘the process of checking whether something is true’.
Examples:
- We have verified the image on your passport and confirm that it is your true image.
- We have checked your blood and can verify (note - it means ‘state as true’) that you do not have anaemia.
- Our verification of your order is complete and we can confirm that the box we sent you contains 15 white hats and 5 green.
- We cannot verify this email user on our server. They don’t seem to exist.
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Best Answer
In the field of design, every color has what are called tints and shades. A tint of a basic color is a lighter version of that color, and a shade is a darker version. Tone is a general term to describe the lightness or darkness (tint or shade) of a basic color.