Shade, but shade of what? shade of window shades?

Shadow and shade....the words are sometimes, but not always interchangeable.

Shade is what one seeks on a hot sunny day. We sit or walk in the shade.

Shadow usually refers to a shape cast by an object that blocks the sun. A person casts a shadow in the shape of the human body.

Both words have emotional connotations. To those of us who live in hot climates, shade has pleasant and soothing associations. Shadow is evocative of something mysterious or threatening, especially in the plural. Stalkers lurk in the shadows. As the sun sets, evening shadows fall, concealing what was formerly visible and making the ordinary strange.

Sylive just look at it this way “shadow is to shade as pool is to water.” Shade denotes a general state, while shadow implies a shape.

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You are correct. It is a shadow! yayayayaya.