Clinquant vs Glitter - What's the difference?
clinquant | glitter |
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 nouns the difference between clinquant and glitter
is that clinquant is dutch metal while glitter is a bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.As an adjective clinquant
is glittery; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.As a verb glitter is
to sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.clinquant
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glitter
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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