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Luster vs Clearness - What's the difference?

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Luster is a related term of clearness.


As nouns the difference between luster and clearness

is that luster is chandelier while clearness is (obsolete) brightness, brilliancy.

luster

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (Commonwealth)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Shine, polish or sparkle.
    • ''He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster .
  • * Addison
    • The scorching sun was mounted high, / In all its lustre , to the noonday sky.
  • By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
    • ''After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster .
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great lustre .
  • Refinement, polish or quality.
    • ''He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.
  • A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, etc. generally of an ornamental character.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze.
  • A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses.
    • Antonyms
    * (brilliance) (l)
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)
    Related terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To gleam, have luster.
  • To give luster, distinguish.
  • To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lustrum, from lustrare, cognate with the above

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses.
  • * , II.4.2.ii:
    • Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it; upon whose authority, for many following lusters , it was much debased and quite out of request […].
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lusts.
  • * Bible, Paul
    • Neither fornicators, nor those who serve idols, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor the lusters after mankind shall obtain the kingdom of God.

    Anagrams

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    clearness

    English

    (wikipedia clearness)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Brightness, brilliancy.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne sayd he Fair swete fader Ihesu Cryst yf euer I dyd thyng that pleasyd the lord / for thy pyte ne haue me not in despyte for my synnes done afore tyme / and that thou shewe me some thynge of that I seke / And with that he sawe the chamber dore open and there came oute a grete clerenes / that the hows was as bryghte as all torches of the world had ben there
  • Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
  • *1966 , "The Lowest Depths", Time , 6 September:
  • *:The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness .
  • The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.
  • :The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
  • The state of being free from obstruction or interference.
  • :The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.

    • Anagrams

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