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Dewy vs Shiny - What's the difference?

dewy | shiny |

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)
  • Covered by dew.
  • The dewy grass was too slick for football.
  • Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
  • In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.
  • * 1831 , :
  • 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) rory

    Derived terms

    * dewy-eyed

    Anagrams

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    shiny

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Reflecting light.
  • * :
  • Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
  • Emitting light.
  • (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
  • (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
  • Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
  • * The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * shininess

    Noun

    (shinies)
  • (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.