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Delightful vs Shining - What's the difference?

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Delightful is a related term of shining.


As adjectives the difference between delightful and shining

is that delightful is pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure while shining is emitting light.

As a verb shining is

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As a noun shining is

a bright emission of light; a gleam.

delightful

English

Alternative forms

* delightfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure.
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • shining

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Emitting light.
  • *
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Reflecting light.
  • Having a high polish or sheen.
  • Having exceptional merit.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bright emission of light; a gleam.