Brightness vs Tinsel - What's the difference?
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The quality of being bright.
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, title= The perception elicited by the luminance of an object.
Intelligence, cleverness.
A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.
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* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Very thin strips of a glittering, metallic material used as a decoration, and traditionally, draped at Christmas time over streamers, paper chains and the branches of Christmas trees.
Anything shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.
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Glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.
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(figuratively) To give a false sparkle to (something).
Brightness is a related term of tinsel.
As nouns the difference between brightness and tinsel
is that brightness is the quality of being bright while tinsel is a shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like.As an adjective tinsel is
glittering, later especially superficially so; gaudy, showy.As a verb tinsel is
to adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.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 alsotinsel
English
Noun
(-)- Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?
citation, passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}
- O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel , hers the rich reward.
Adjective
(en adjective)- Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, / And all her steed with tinsell trappings shone [...].
Verb
- She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues.
