blanch vs blench
Definitions
verb
- turn pale, as if in fear
- cook (vegetables) briefly
Examples
It was a gesture, Blanche thought, to allow him time to absorb the information.
According to him, ‘In Europe the farmers throw dirt around the asparagus in order to blanch it.’
The inn we occupied had one of these porches: Madame Barbot, our landlady, and her maid, were both dressed in Breton costume, with lace-trimmed embroidered caps and aprons of fine muslin, clear-starched and ironed with a perfection which the most accomplished "blanchisseuse du fin" of Paris would find it difficult to surpass.
Definitions
verb
- turn pale, as if in fear
Examples
At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
She passes on in unblenched majesty," said Lady Delacour.
When the chariot rolled away, he looked at her as she sat erect in the early morning light, as unblenched, bright and untouched in bloom as if she had that moment risen from her pillow and washed her face in dew.
