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Candescent vs Clandescent - What's the difference?

candescent | clandescent |

As adjectives the difference between candescent and clandescent

is that candescent is glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent while clandescent is secret, clandestine.

candescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent

    • Related terms

    * candescence ----

    clandescent

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • secret, clandestine
    • I had no idea she was having a clandescent affair.

    Usage notes

    Non-existent but widely used (especially on the World Wide Web) as an alternative to clandestine, and with an identical meaning. Logically, it should mean becoming more secret ...