Gem vs Sparkle - What's the difference?
gem | sparkle |
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
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(figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
(obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud
* Denham
a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata
(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
* {{quote-book, year=1827, author=Various, title=The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10,, chapter=, edition=
, passage=A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven
* {{quote-book, year=1872, author=J. Fenimore Cooper, title=The Bravo, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Above was the firmament, gemmed with worlds, and sublime in immensity. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1920, author=John Freeman, title=Poems New and Old, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The rain Shook from fruit bushes in new showers again As I brushed past, and gemmed the window pane. }}
A little spark; a scintillation.
* Spenser
* Prescott
Brilliance; luster.
To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
* A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling . — Chaucer.
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, title= To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
* Milton
To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
* Did sparkle forth great light. — Spenser
(obsolete) To disperse.
* The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. — State Papers.
(obsolete) To scatter on or over.
As a noun sparkle is
a little spark; a scintillation.As a verb sparkle is
to emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.gem
English
(gemstone)Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)
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- She's an absolute gem .
- a gem of wit
- From the joints of thy prolific stem / A swelling knot is raised called a gem .
Synonyms
* (precious stone) gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see alsoVerb
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See also
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), equivalent to .Noun
(en noun)- As sparkles from the anvil rise, / When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed.
- The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper.
- the sparkle of a diamond.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), equivalent to .Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(sparkl)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
- I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes.
