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Beamed vs Gleamed - What's the difference?

beamed | gleamed |

As verbs the difference between beamed and gleamed

is that beamed is (beam) while gleamed is (gleam).

As an adjective beamed

is furnished with beams or timbers.

beamed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (beam)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Furnished with beams or timbers.
    • a beamed ceiling
  • Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky.

    gleamed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gleam)

    • gleam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
  • * Longfellow
    • A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
  • a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
    • The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.
  • brightness or shininess; splendor.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.

    Synonyms

    * (small shaft or stream of light) beam, ray * (glimpse or indistinct sign) flicker, glimmer, trace * (brightness or splendor) dazzle, lambency, shine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
  • To be briefly but strongly apparent.
  • (obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

    • Synonyms

    * glint, sparkle * (to radiate or emanate) glow, shine * (to be briefly but strongly apparent) flare, flash, kindle

    See also

    * leam

    References

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