Emit vs Gleam - What's the difference?
emit | gleam | Related terms |
To send out or give off.
a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
* Longfellow
a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
brightness or shininess; splendor.
* Alexander Pope
To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
To be briefly but strongly apparent.
(obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
Emit is a related term of gleam.
As verbs the difference between emit and gleam
is that emit is while gleam is to shine; to glitter; to glisten.As a noun gleam is
a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.emit
English
Verb
(emitt)Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* emissionAnagrams
* item * mite * time ----gleam
English
Noun
(en noun)- A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
- The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.
- In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.