Brighten vs Glitter - What's the difference?
brighten | glitter |
(lb) To make bright or brighter in color.
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(lb) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:The present queen would brighten her character, if she would exert her authority to instill virtues into her people.
To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven
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*(Ambrose Philips) (1674-1749)
*:An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, / Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow.
(lb) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up
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(lb) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood
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*:Then his sallow face brightened , for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
To make acute or witty; to enliven.
:(Johnson)
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
* Dryden
To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.
As verbs the difference between brighten and glitter
is that brighten is (lb) to make bright or brighter in color while glitter is to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.As a noun glitter is
a bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.brighten
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(en verb)Derived terms
* brightener * brighten upAnagrams
* * English ergative verbsglitter
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(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- a glittering sword
- the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree
- The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
- the glittering scenes of a court