Brightness vs Shining - What's the difference?
brightness | shining |
The quality of being bright.
*, chapter=5
, title= The perception elicited by the luminance of an object.
Intelligence, cleverness.
Emitting light.
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, title= Reflecting light.
Having a high polish or sheen.
Having exceptional merit.
As nouns the difference between brightness and shining
is that brightness is the quality of being bright while shining is a bright emission of light; a gleam.As an adjective shining is
emitting light.As a verb shining is
.brightness
English
Noun
(wikipedia brightness) (en-noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness ; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoshining
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining , and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}