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Comely vs Sparkling - What's the difference?

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Comely is a related term of sparkling.


As adjectives the difference between comely and sparkling

is that comely is (dated|of a person) pleasing or attractive to the eye while sparkling is of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.

As a verb sparkling is

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As a noun sparkling is

act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.

comely

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
  • * South
  • He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
  • * Milton
  • Not once perceive their foul disfigurement / But boast themselves more comely than before.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , Chapter IX
  • The chief's name was To-jo, and his household consisted of seven females and himself. These women were much more comely , or rather less hideous than those of Tsa's people; one of them, even, was almost pretty, being less hairy and having a rather nice skin, with high coloring.
  • (archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
  • * Shakespeare
  • This is a happier and more comely time / Than when these fellows ran about the streets, / Crying confusion.
  • * Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 1
  • It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely .

    Synonyms

    * pulchritudinous

    Antonyms

    * (of a person) homely

    Derived terms

    * comeliness

    sparkling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks.
  • Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
  • Brilliant and vivacious.
  • * '>citation
  • Synonyms

    * glistening, twinkling * (of a beverage) fizzy, carbonated

    Antonyms

    * (of a beverage) noncarbonated, still

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
  • * Nathaniel John Hollingsworth
  • Bright are the sparklings that beam from the dew.
  • A sparkling wine.
  • * 2011 , Michael Cooper, 100 Must-try New Zealand Wines (page 208)
  • Wines like this struggle to stand out on the show circuit, where the judges are more likely to be searching for sparklings designed in the classic Champagne mould.