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Enlight vs Gleam - What's the difference?

enlight | gleam |

As verbs the difference between enlight and gleam

is that enlight is (archaic|transitive) to illuminate while gleam is to shine; to glitter; to glisten.

As a noun gleam is

a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.

enlight

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (archaic) To illuminate.
    • Which from the first has shone on ages past, / Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. — Pope.

    Related terms

    * enlighten (Webster 1913)

    gleam

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
  • * Longfellow
    • A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
  • a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
    • The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.
  • brightness or shininess; splendor.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.

    Synonyms

    * (small shaft or stream of light) beam, ray * (glimpse or indistinct sign) flicker, glimmer, trace * (brightness or splendor) dazzle, lambency, shine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
  • To be briefly but strongly apparent.
  • (obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

    • Synonyms

    * glint, sparkle * (to radiate or emanate) glow, shine * (to be briefly but strongly apparent) flare, flash, kindle

    See also

    * leam

    References

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