The difference between Alburn and Bleak
When used as nouns, alburn means the bleak, a small european fish with silvery scales, whereas bleak means a small european river fish (alburnus alburnus), of the family cyprinidae.
Bleak is also adjective with the meaning: without color.
check bellow for the other definitions of Alburn and Bleak
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Alburn as a noun:
The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
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Bleak as an adjective:
Without color; pale; pallid.
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Bleak as an adjective:
Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Examples:
"A bleak and bare rock."
"They escaped across the bleak landscape."
"A bleak, crater-pocked moonscape."
"We hiked across open meadows and climbed bleak mountains."
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Bleak as an adjective:
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
Examples:
"Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce."
"A bleak future is in store for you."
"The news is bleak."
"The survey paints a bleak picture."
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Bleak as a noun:
A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.