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blanch – blench
[slightly different vowel sound; and in the current usage, 'blanch' is often used in place of "blench" to mean 'shy away or move away out of fear']
“Blanch” is ‘to take the colour out of something; to make plants colourless by not letting light; to show whiteness in the face out of fear, cold; to become pale; to prepare vegetables by putting them in boiling water’,
(blanching vegetables)
e.g.
The new clerk blanched when the boss told him that he was dismissed from the job.
“Blench” is ‘to make a sudden, quick movement in fear; to move away from lack of courage’,
e.g.
She blenched when she heard a loud noise in the dark street.
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