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Fulgent vs Refulgent - What's the difference?

fulgent | refulgent |

As adjectives the difference between fulgent and refulgent

is that fulgent is shining brilliantly; radiant while refulgent is resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.

fulgent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shining brilliantly; radiant.
  • *1846 , Newton, , translated by Andrew Motte:
    • ..and, universally, the greatest and most fulgent tails always arise from comets immediately after their passing by the neighbourhood of the sun.
  • *1849 , Charlotte Bronte, Shirley ,
  • *:Shirley takes life easily: is not that fact written in her eye? In her good-tempered moments, is it not as full of lazy softness as in her brief fits of anger it is fulgent with quick-flashing fire?

    • refulgent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
  • (figuratively) As if giving off light or warmth.
    • She had a refulgent smile.

    Related terms

    * effulgent * refulgence