Dewy vs Shiny - What's the difference?
dewy | shiny |
Covered by dew.
Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
* 1831 , :
Reflecting light.
* :
Emitting light.
(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
As adjectives the difference between dewy and shiny
is that dewy is covered by dew while shiny is reflecting light.As a noun shiny is
(informal) anything shiny; a trinket.dewy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The dewy grass was too slick for football.
- In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
- At midnight, in the month of June,
I stand beneath the mystic moon.
An opiate vapor, dewy , dim,
Exhales from out her golden rim
Synonyms
* (covered by dew) roryDerived terms
* dewy-eyedAnagrams
*shiny
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
- Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
- When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.