Glassy vs Opaque - What's the difference?
glassy | opaque |
Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.
Dull, expressionless
(surfing, of water, not comparable) Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.
(Ulster) glass marble
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
(figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
(figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
(computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
(obsolete, poetic) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
* 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
To make, render (more) opaque.
As adjectives the difference between glassy and opaque
is that glassy is of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective while opaque is neither reflecting nor emitting light.As nouns the difference between glassy and opaque
is that glassy is glass marble while opaque is an area of darkness; a place or region with no light.As a verb opaque is
to make, render (more) opaque.glassy
English
Adjective
(er)- ''Glassy eyes suggest a broken spirit
Derived terms
* glassily * glassinessNoun
(glassies)Alternative forms
* glasseropaque
English
(wikipedia opaque)Alternative forms
* opakeAdjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (physically) see-through, translucent, transparent * (figuratively) clear, obvious, bright, brilliantUsage notes
* The comparative opaquer and superlative opaquest, though formed following valid rules for English, are much less common than more opaque' and ' most opaque and seem to occur more frequently in poetry.Derived terms
* opaquely * opaqueness * radiopaqueNoun
(en noun)- Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.
